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On Thursday evening, at Yash Chopra’s chautha number of Bollywood celebrities arrived. Among those who paid tributes to the later filmmaker Yash Chopra were Shahrukh Khan, Amitabh Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Prem Chopra, Anupam Kher and Karan Johar.

Talking to media, filmmaker Karan Johar said, “Yashji would call me up everyday, just to tell me that he loves me. I still scroll down my contacts to see his name stored. I hope to get a call from that number!”

Further, King Khan, Shahrukh Khan recalled Yash Chopra’s phone calls, he said, “He would make abrupt calls and say, ‘Main Yash bol raha hoon, tumko milna hai, aa jao’. He would hang up even before you could reply. His death was as abrupt as his phone call. Parathas (that he loved so much) would never be as tasty, women never as gorgeous in chiffon saris, post his death.”

In addition, actor Anupam Kher recalled Yashji’s fondness for food and his bad singing skills. The actor said, “He would sing any song like a bhajan, but would love singing. We ate together almost thrice a week. We had a common liking for food.”

The superstar Amitabh Bachchan talked few lines from his father Harivansh Rai Bachchan’s poetry — “Jo beet gayi so baat gayi… Jo chhoot gaye, phir kahan miley.” Bachchan said Yashji would never get angry. “He never raised his voice.”

Moreover, wheelchair-bound Shashi Kapoor also attended the function along with late Shammi Kapoor’s wife Neela Devi and Prem Chopra.