Renowned actor and filmmaker Junior Mehmood, who was diagnosed with liver and lung cancer in November, is currently undergoing treatment. With his condition deteriorating rapidly, the actor has now expressed a wish to meet veteran actor Jeetendra, with whom he starred in many projects, and his childhood friend Sachin Pilgaonkar.
Khalid Mahmood, former journalist and filmmaker, took to X (previously known as Twitter) to share Junior Mehmood’s wishes. He wrote, “Junior Mehmood, yesteryear’s adorable child star, is in hospital with 4th stage cancer. He has expressed his wish to meet Jeetendra whom he often co-starred with n childhood friend Sachin Pilgaonkar to visit him,please Jeetendra saab, Sachinji grant him what cld be his last wish.”
Junior Mehmood, yesteryear’s adorable child star, is in hospital with 4th stage cancer. He has expressed his wish to meet Jeetendra whom he often co-starred with n childhood friend Sachin Pilgaonkar to visit him,please Jeetendra saab,Sachinji grant him what cld be his last wish. pic.twitter.com/rkLHeLqxlS
— khalid mohamed (@Jhajhajha) December 5, 2023
Shriya Pilgaonkar, actor and daughter of Sachin Pilgaonka, replied to Khalid’s tweet and confirmed that Sachin visited Mehmood on Tuesday. She wrote, “Papa is in touch and visited him today.”
Junior Mehmood and Sachin Pilgaonkar made a hit jodi as child artists. They also worked in films like Bachpan, Geet Gaata Chal and Brahmachari. Junior Mehmood starred with Jeetendra in films like Suhaag Raat, Caravan, Sadaa Suhagan and more.
Following the news of his cancer diagnosis, Johny Lever went to see the veteran star and a video of their meeting made its way to social media. Jr Mehmood’s close friend Salam Kazi spoke ANI and shared details of Mehmood’s critical condition. He said, “He was ill for 2 months and initially we thought that he might have some minor problem but after that suddenly his weight started decreasing. And when the medical reports came, it said there was cancer in the liver and lungs and a tumour in the intestine and he has also developed jaundice. So the treatment is going on, but the doctors said it’s a stage four cancer.”
Naeem Sayyed, popularly known as Junior Mehmood. The name Junior Mehmood was given to him by Mehmood Ali. He has acted in 265 movies in 7 different languages and also has produced and directed 6 Marathi movies.
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Junior Mehmood wishes to meet Jeetendra and Sachin Pilgaonkar amid cancer treatment – The Indian Express
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