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Prime Minister Narendra Modi writes a letter of condolence to Ajay Devgn

Ajay Devgn's father and stunt-director Veeru Devgan passed away on 27th May 2019. Many Bollywood celebs attended the funeral and stood with Ajay Devgn in this difficult time. Today, Ajay took to Twitter to share a letter of condolence that he received from Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Ajay tweeted, “My Mother & entire Devgan family are deeply touched & humbled in silence by this thoughtful gesture from our Honourable Prime Minister @narendramodi. Thank you Sir. ?”


The letter reads, "I am deeply saddened to learn of the demise of Veeru Devgan who was widely respected for his outstanding work across various domains of the Hindi film industry. This is a great loss for the industry."

In the letter PM Modi has also written that how Veeru Devgan risked his life when there were no visual effects in the industry; "There is something moving about people like Shri Veeru Devgan who took great personal risks just to enthrall audiences in an era of no 'visual effect', knowing well that the glory of taking those risks would not be credited to them. It is said that great things can be achieved if we do not care who gets the credit but concentrate on doing the best we can."

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