Veteran actor Chandrashekhar passed away in his home at the age of 98 of age-related illness. Many would remember him as AryaSumant from the popular TV serial, RamananadSagar’sRamayan (1987). He started out as a junior artiste in the early 1950s, and later featured in 250 films including V Shantaram’sSurang (1954) and Cha ChaCha (1964). He also assisted writer-filmmaker Gulzar in movies including Parichay (1972), Koshish (1972), Aandhi (1975) and Mausam (1975). His grandson-actor Shakti Arora, who was in Chandigarh for a shoot, shares that the veteran actor was hospitalized a week ago for fever and was recuperating at home in the last few days.The SilsilaBadalteRishtonKa actor shares, “In the last 18 months, I met him just two times as we didn’t want to take any chance in the pandemic. We used to love spending time together. He was very proud of me and what I had accomplished as an actor. Though, he never expected that I would follow in his footsteps and become an actor. I remember, in the early days of my career, we shot for a short film and I kept fumbling the lines as I was nervous. He told my mother that I should do a corporate job instead as the acting wasn’t meant for me. But I kept on going and made a name for myself.”