Jackie Shroff pays tribute to late Sunil Dutt and music composer Laxmikant on their death anniversaries

Actor Jackie Shroff paid a heartfelt tribute to legendary actor and politician Sunil Dutt on his 21st death anniversary on May 25He also paid a tribute to legendary music composer Laxmikant Kudalkar onehalf of the iconic composer duo LaxmikantPyarelal on his death anniversary on May 25Sunil Dutt PicJackies InstagramHe shared a nostalgic monochrome picture of the veteran star on his social media accountJackie Shroff shared a classic blackandwhite portrait of Sunil Dutt from his younger days in the Hindi film industrySharing the picture Jackie wrote ldquoSunil Dutt ji Always in our heartsrdquo along with the dates ldquo6 June 1929 ndash 25 May 2005rdquoTaking to his social media account Jackie also shared a monochrome picture of Laxmikant seated beside a harmoniumSharing the picture Jackie wrote ldquoRemembering Laxmikant ji on his death anniversaryrdquoThe actor used the iconic flute background score from his cult classic film lsquoHerorsquo which was originally composed by the legendary duo LaxmikantPyarelalTalking about Laxmikant Kudalkar along with Pyarelal Sharma went on to form one of the most successful and influential music composer duos in the history of Indian cinemaLaxmikantPyarelal as they were popularly known as created timeless music for many blockbuster films including Karz Amar Akbar Anthony Satyam Shivam Sundaram Ek Duuje Ke Liye Hero Mr India and many othersLaxmikant passed away on May 25 1998 due to kidney complications at the age of 60Talking about Sunil Dutt the legendary actor remains one of Indian cinemarsquos most respected and influential actorsHe was born on June 6 1929 and reportedly began his career as a radio jockey before making his acting debut with the film lsquoRailway Platformrsquo in 1955Over a career spanning over 6 decades he went on to star in several acclaimed films including lsquoMother Indiarsquo lsquoMujhe Jeene Dorsquo lsquoWaqtrsquo lsquoPadosanrsquo lsquoSadhnarsquo lsquoGumrahrsquo and lsquoReshma Aur Sherarsquo His performance in lsquoMother India remains iconic even todayFor the uninitiated During the making of lsquoMother Indiarsquo Sunil Dutt met actress Nargis and the two eventually fell in love and got married The couple had three children actor Sanjay Dutt politician Priya Dutt and Namrata DuttApart from films Sunil Dutt also made a significant mark in politics and social work He passed away on May 25 2005Meanwhile for the uninitiated Jackie Shroff is often seen remembering legendary personalities from the film industry on their birth death and other important anniversariesThe actor is currently gearing up for his upcoming fantasy adventure film lsquoThe Great Grand Superhero Aliens Ka AagmanThe movie is a Hindilanguage scifi fantasy film directed by Manish Saini and is set to release in theaters on May 29 2026 The actor also has lsquoWelcome to the Junglersquo and many other projects lined upThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever