Actor Akshay Kumar on Monday expressed grief over the demise of veteran hockey player Balbir Singh. Kumar took to Twitter to post a picture of himself with Balbir Singh. "Saddened to hear about the demise of hockey legend #BalbirSingh ji. Have had the good fortune of meeting him in the past, such an amazing personality," he said in a tweet.

Saddened to hear about the demise of hockey legend #BalbirSingh ji. Have had the good fortune of meeting him in the past, such an amazing personality! My heartfelt condolences to his family ðu00c2u009fu00c2u0099u00c2u008fðu00c2u009fu00c2u008f» pic.twitter.com/knjOq7VEav