Late Jayalalithaa who was an actress turned into one of the popular politician and even Chief Minister of state in her debut Hindi Film worked with veteran actor Dharmendra. To which her co-star Dharmendra paid her condolences and recalled the shooting days of his 1968-film Izzat in which he shared screen with her.
He said :"I am deeply stirred. She was my costar in film Izzat. We were shooting together in Kulu Manali for one and a half months and every moment spent with her was beautiful. The memories flashed back in front of my eyes in form of the movie. Her mother also accompanied us, she used to cook food."
"When I got the news that she is sick, I prayed a lot for her well being. Earlier, whenever I used to go to Madras, I used to get in touch with her after my shooting. But it has been long that I met her as she got very busy as a politician and I too never tried to disturb her," he added, "Now when she's gone, we all pray that her soul may rest in peace."
Actor Raza Murad said: "No doubt she was a great artist but the kind of emotional connect she made with the people of Tamil Nadu as a politician was incredible. I have rarely seen people crying this much and hurting themselves this much on the demise of any politician. She had an emotional relation to each of them."
"She did so many welfare works for the state, several times she was dethroned, she even went to jail but still she stood there like a strong rock."
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