PM Narendra Modi pays his respect to Veeru Devgn in personal note to Veena; Ajay Devgn responds

Bollywood actor Ajay Devgn's father and filmmaker Veeru Devgn passed away on May 27. As Devgn family is going through hard times, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has paid his condolences through a personal note.

Ajay Devgn received a letter from the Prime Minister Narendra Modi in which he paid his respect to late Veeru Devgan. The letter read, "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."

"There is something moving about people like Shri veeru Devgan who took great personal risks just to enthral 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."

Ajay is deeply touched and humbled by PM Modi's gesture, following which he took to Twitter to thank him. "My Mother & entire Devgan family are deeply touched & humbled in silence by this thoughtful gesture from our Honourable Prime Minister @narendramodi. Thank you, Sir,” he wrote.

Ajay's father Veeru Devgan died due to cardiac arrest and it is being told that he was ill for a long time. Recently, Ajay Devgn also cancelled his film 'De De Pyaar De' promotional events because of his father's health.

Veeru Devgan was a popular action director and he had worked in several hit films like Himmatwala, Dilwale, Shehanshah. In most of the 80s film, Veeru Devgan directed action scenes. Veeru Devgan started his career in 1974 and till 90s end he was active action director in the film industry.

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