Shreyas Talpade paid tribute to veteran film, television and stage actor Vikram Gokhale who died at a Pune hospital on Saturday, where he had been undergoing treatment for the last couple of weeks.

Recalling growing up as a fan and later industry colleague, Shreyas said, "I had known him for a long time and looked up to him while growing up and doing Marathi theatre. We worked on a show when I was really young but unfortunately we didn`t have scenes together. I`ve seen him do theatre, TV and films but each time would be left in awe of his performance. He was known for his pauses that conveyed so much more than dialogues. That`s something I tried to learn from him."