Updated On: 23 October, 2012 07:57 AM IST | | Malavika Sangghvi
The outpouring of grief that followed Yash Chopra's death took most by surprise. That he would be mourned by the industry he belonged to was to be expected, but that people from all walks of life - professionals, white collared workers, businessman, housewives and the man on the street - expressed such a sense of loss mixed with a sense of gratitude surprised even the most cynical of news commentators.

>> The outpouring of grief that followed Yash Chopra’s death took most by surprise. That he would be mourned by the industry he belonged to was to be expected, but that people from all walks of life – professionals, white collared workers, businessman, housewives and the man on the street – expressed such a sense of loss mixed with a sense of gratitude surprised even the most cynical of news commentators.