The event was a star-studded affair with many A-listers from Hollywood and Bollywood in attendance.

In capturing the real aspects in stories of common man, the element of geography never lost its relevance for Chatterjee.

He had more humble beginnings than his contemporary Naseeruddin Shah. He would work as a lab assistant in a college & study at night.

Yadav is survived by his wife Mannu Bhandari, who is also a Hindi writer, and daughter Rachna.