'We all knew that the rockstar was on sets'

Director Imtiaz Ali gets emotional as he talks about his interactions with Shammi Kapoor on the sets of his forthcoming film

"How are you feeling sir?" I asked Shammiji on one particular day of the shoot.u00a0 "How am I? I have been on dialysis for the last 10 years.

I am on a wheelchair, I've lost two more toes in an operation a few days back, my tail bone's fractured, I can't sit for long because of the pain... But I am fine,," he said.



Then he showed me the thumbs up and smiled. "I am fine." Such a soul as Shammi Kapoor can't be lamented. We can only lament for ourselves that he has decided to walk away.
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I feel the blessing, the good fortune that all of us had to have met him, to have seen his smile, to have touched his feet and hugged him, to have felt the warmth of his presence that permeated each corner of the set.
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Everyone was in top form when he was there. We all knew that the rockstar was on sets and all of us including Ranbir were just his attendants.

Thanks for the blessing Shammiji. Haan, hum tumhein yoon bhula na paayenge. Jab kabhi bhi sunenge geet tere, sang sang hum bhi gungunaenge. And once again, to you from all of us Yaaahhhhooooo.