RIP Atal Bihari Vajpayee! Here are some rare FLASHBACK PICS of the late PM with POPULAR Bollywood stars!

Our heartfelt condolences to late PM Vajpayee's family, may his soul rest in peace!

As the nation is mourning the death of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, our Bollywood celebs too are offering condolences on social media. The late political leader passed away on Thursday evening (August 16, 2018) after prolonged illness. The BJP veteran breathed his last at 5:05 PM and since then the country is in deep grief!

Devastated by former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's death, Asia's nightingale Lata Mangeshkar who shared a very close bonding with him, said: He was like my father. He called me Beti. I called him Dadda. I feel I've lost my father all over again.

Here we bring to you some of his rare pictures with prominent Bollywood celebrities

Late Yash Chopra with the late PM

A flashback picture which shows the late Prime Minister with Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and late actress, Sridevi

No many of us know that Atal Bihari Vajpayee's favorite movie was Hema Malini's 'Seeta Aur Geeta' that he watched over 25 times. Also seen in the pictures is late actor Vinod Khanna

Apparently, Vajpayee had roped in Dilip Kumar to talk to Nawaz Sharif about the growing tensions between India and Pakistan during the Kargil war.

Another rare pic of Devanand and Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Late Bollywood legend Dev Anand had accompanied the then Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on his Lahore bus trip in 1999.

Bollywood's 'king' Shah Rukh Khan also got an opportunity to meet Vajpayee along with Javed Akhtar, late gazal singer Jagjit Singh and late filmmaker Yash Chopra. The five of them came together in 2002 for the song Kya Khoya Kya Paya a song from Singh’s album Samvedna – Sensitivity. The song was written by Vajpayee, sung by Singh, the video was directed by Chopra, performed by Shah Rukh and narrated by Amitabh.

Atal Ji with Sanjeev Kumar and Rakhi

The pictures were taken when a group of people from the Indian film industry met Atal Bihari Vajpayee to present him with a cheque for a drought relief fund.

Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan also got an opportunity to share the stage with Atal Ji

Not many of us know that Atal ji shared a great camaraderie with the Bollywood stars. The charismatic leader who is regarded as a stalwart in Indian politics also had a Bollywood connect and some of the well known film celebrities got an opportunity to meet him.