Veteran actor Yusuf Hussain has breathed his last this morning after succumbing to COVID-19. Yusuf's son-in-law and filmmaker Hansal Mehta took to his Twitter to mourn the demise of the late actor.

Sharing an emotional note, he wrote, "I had completed 2 schedules of Shahid. And we were stuck. I was troubled. A non-existent career as a filmmaker was almost finished completely. He just came up to me and said I have a fixed deposit and it is of no use to me if you are so troubled. He wrote a cheque. Shahid was completed. That was Yusuf Husain. Not my father-in-law but a father. He was life if life itself had to have a physical form."

 

 

 

 

View this post on Instagram

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A post shared by Hansal Mehta (@hansalmehta)

Recommended Read: Kareena Kapoor Khan signs her first film after son Jeh's birth, turns producer with Ekta Kapoor for the Hansal Mehta thriller

The director further added, "Today he is gone. To remind all those women in heaven that they are 'Duniya ki sabse khubsurat ladki' and all the men that they are 'Haseen naujwaan'. And then to end with a booming 'love you love you love you'. Yusuf Saab I owe this new life to you. I am truly orphaned today. Life will never be the same. I will miss you terribly. My Urdu will remain broken. And yes - love you love you love you!"

Yusuf Hussain was 73. The actor was being treated at Mumbai's Lilavati Hospital, where he died this morning.

(Source: Instagram)