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PIX: Amitabh-Abhishek attend Suniel Shetty's father's funeral

Last updated on: March 02, 2017 18:17 IST

Suniel Shetty lost his father in the early hours of March 1, and quite a few members of the industry visited his home to condole with him.

The funeral was held today, at the Worli crematorium in South Mumbai.

Suniel Shetty's friends came down to pay their last respects.

 

The grieving family: Suniel Shetty, his wife Mana and son Aahan.

 

The funeral procession of Veerappa Shetty.

 

Amitabh Bachchan has done quite a few films with Suniel Shetty, including Kaante and Shootout At Lokhandwala.

 

Suniel Shetty has worked with most actors in the industry, including Abhishek Bachchan and Jackie Shroff.

He worked with Abhishek in his debut film Refugee, and went on to do many more.

With Jackie, he's done films like Hulchul and Kyon Ki.

 

Tanishaa Mukherji has worked with Suniel Shetty in films like Tango Charlie and One Two Three.

 

Shreyas Talpade arrives with wife Deepti.

 

Choreographer Ganesh Hegde.

 

Raju Shrestha walks in.

 

Actor-director Kabir Sadanah shares an especially close bond with Suniel Shetty and calls him his 'pillar of strength.'

Here, he walks in with Rajniesh Duggall.

 

Armaan Kohli arrives with friend Vikash Verma.

 

Director JP Dutta has directed Suneil Shetty in films like Border, LoC Kargil, Umrao Jaan and Refugee.

 

Director Rohit Shetty.

Suniel Shetty's daughter Athiya posted a throwback picture of herself with her grandfather on Instagram, with the touching message: 'And sometimes even a lifetime isn't enough. Until we meet again. Thank you for being my grandfather. Hope you're happy and at peace wherever you are. Love you Ajja, will miss you forever.'

Photographs: Hitesh Harisinghani