Amitabh & Abhishek Bachchan At Suniel Shetty's Father Veerappa’s Funeral
Bachchans were among the first ones to arrive at the funeral which took place in Worli. Suniel’s father passed away on Wednesday morning
Suniel Shetty's father Veerappa Shetty passed away yesterday at 1:30 am at the Breach Candy hospital in Mumbai. He was 93.
Suniel’s father was a self-made hotelier and Suniel was handling the business aspect of it amidst his movies. The funeral took place this morning.
Amitabh Bachchan and Abhishek Bachchan were the first ones to reach at the funeral ground for the cremation. Other celebs who attended the funeral were Sonu Sood, Jackie Shroff, Sooraj Pancholi and director Priyadarshan.
Suniel's son, Aahan Shetty, is seen standing by the side of his father. However, daughter Athiya Shetty couldn't be present as she is out of the country shooting for her next film, Mubarakan in London.
On the other hand, Shah Rukh Khan went personally to Suniel's house yesterday to offer condolences to the family.
According to the reports, Veerappa Shetty suffered a massive paralytic stroke in 2013, after which an ICU was set up at his South Mumbai residence. Suniel let his film career take a backseat during this time and helped take care of his father as well as of the hotel business, which Suniel has taken to booming heights.
Back in 2013, when Suniel Shetty was launching his new interior decoration showroom in Worli, he shared a sweet incident about his father with the media. Suniel had a special connection with the building in which the store was unveiled He had said, “This is where my father, Veerappa Shetty, used to work. He used to clean plates here since he worked as a waiting boy at a restaurant. My father is my real hero. He started working at the age of nine. He used to sleep on flattened mustard sacks and used a rolled-up gunny bag as a pillow.”
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