RIP Chandrashekhar

OBITUARY: Chandrashekhar, Hindi Cinema’s Oldest Actor No More – Mala Sinha, Asha Parekh and Grandson Shakti Arora Mourn

Chandrashekhar who passed away on Wednesday was the best exemplification of the adage, ‘Dying With Your Boots On.’. As a leading man or as supporting actor, or as assistant director (to Gulzar in a slew of films in the 1970s) Chandrashekhar was just happy being part of the Hindi film industry. He started his career as a junior artiste in the early 1950s . Officially he is supposed to have acted in 250 films since then. But the number is actually said to be far higher. “He was omnipresent. I can’t remember a time when Chandrashekharji was not part of our  | Click Here...