New Delhi: 'Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah' actor Shailesh Lodha's father, Shyam Singh Lodha has passed away. The actor shared news of his father's death with an emotional post on Instagram. Mourning the loss of his father, Shailesh Lodha's emotional post on Instagram has touched everyone's hearts.
Sharing a picture with his late father, Shailesh penned a note in HIndi, "जो भी हूँ...आप की परछाई हूँ....आज सुबह के सूरज ने जगत तो रोशन किया पर हमारी ज़िन्दगी में अँधेरा हो गया.....पापा ने देह त्याग दी....आंसुओं की भाषा होती तो कुछ लिख पाता.....एक बार फिर से कह दीजिये ना...बबलू".
The English translation of the post reads, "Whatever I am... I am a shadow of you... This morning, the sun illuminated the world, but darkness fell upon our lives... Father has passed away... If tears had a language, I might have been able to write something... Please say it once more... Bablu."
Soon after the actor announced his father's death, his co-stars from the show 'Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah' offered condolences.
Jennifer Mistry, who plays Mrs Roshan in the comedy-drama, wrote, "Om shanti. Please tc." Amnika Ranjankar, known as Komal Hathi, also commented, "Om shanti."
Shailesh Lodha played the titular role in Dilip Joshi's hit daily soap 'TMKOC'. His iconic portrayal as Taarak Mehta in the show garnered massive fan following for the TV actor.
The actor quit the show in 2022, and as per an ETimes report, he was deeply hurt by the uncultured behaviour of producer Asit Modi.
In an interaction with the publication ,"Asit Kumarr Modi spoke to me in a very uncultured, derogatory tone. Which I couldn’t tolerate. Mujhe bardaasht nahi hua (I could not tolerate), this was not the first time. At that time, he had said, “Yahan par sab kaam karne waale mere naukar hai (Everyone working here is my servant.) That time also, I’d objected to him and his language.