Manish Tewari condoles Farooq Sheikh's demise

NEW DELHI: Union minister Manish Tewari today condoled the death of veteran actor Farooq Sheikh saying that with the demise of the versatile actor, the country had lost a jewel.

In a message, the Information and Broadcasting minister said that Sheikh was a versatile actor whose performances were "sterling and scintillating."

In his untimely death we have lost yet another jewel, Tewari added.

Sheikh, 65, died after a heart attack in Dubai where he was for a concert. He was last seen in Bollywood movie 'Club 60'.

Sheikh had delivered memorable performances in movies like ' Garm Hawa', ' Shatranj Ke Khiladi', 'Noorie', 'Chashme Buddoor', ' Kissi Se Na Kehna', 'Katha', 'Umrao Jaan', 'Faasle' and Sagar Sarhadi's 'Bazaar'.