Remembering Farooq Shaikh: The everyman who we all could relate to

Farooq Shaikh with Deepti Naval. The legendary pairing featured in numerous classics in the '80s namely Chashme Buddoor, Saath Saath, Katha and Kissi Se Na Kehna. With the gradual fading away of middle-class cinema, their chemistry also lost out in the race. After a gap of nearly three decades, they were seen together in the critically-acclaimed Listen Amaya

Farooq Shaikh and Poonam Dhillon in Noorie

Farooq Shaikh with Rekha. The duo were seen together in Biwi Ho To Aisi, which marked Salman Khan's Bollywood debut

Farooq Shaikh in a still from the legendary Chashme Buddoor

Farooq Shaikh in Umrao Jaan

Farooq Shaikh in a still from 'Saath Saath'

Farooq Shaikh and Shabana Azmi during the play Tumhari Amrita

Farooq Shaikh and Deepti Naval in Chashme Buddoor

Farooq Shaikh and Deepti Naval in another still from Chashme Buddoor

Farooq Shaikh with Sarika during the promotions for Club 60

Farooq Shaikh with Sharat Saxena, Tinnu Anand and Satish Shah

Farooq Shaikh with frequent co-star Deepti Naval, who were last seen together in Listen... Amaya

Farooq Shaikh and Deepti Naval formed a strong bond of friendship over the years

A candid photo of a young Farooq Shaikh at a party

Farooq Shaikh looked dashing like any leading man in his early years

Farooq Shaikh sporting a moustache in a scene from a film

Farooq Shaikh delivered strong performances by doing roles that were both serious and comic in nature