Bollywood mourns Steve Jobs’ demise

October 06, 2011 03:10 pm | Updated 03:10 pm IST - Mumbai

Several Bollywood personalities took to twitter to mourn the death of visionary Apple co-founder Steve Jobs.

“RIP Steve Jobs. The Man, the visionary, the creator & the genius that gave the world the Apple technology. May God be with your family, for my family and I have enjoyed your work for many years now. You opened so many doors and gave the world so much with your expertise. Thank you Steve,” actor Akshay Kumar tweeted.

“Steve Job made a person like me too, feel a complete tech savvy. That was the ease of his brilliant mind. Will miss his persona. RIP,” veteran actor Anupam Kher said.

“Thank you Steve Jobs for making our lives so much easier. Your vision and aesthetic will live on forever. RIP,” actor-director-producer Farhan Akhtar said.

Filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma, tweeted, “Mr. Steve Jobs please don’t RIP and work towards inventing something where there can be life beyond death so that we all can be spared from the deathly RIP tweets.”

“RIP Steve Jobs, you are immortal now. As an Apple-ite from earliest days, your passing feels like a death in the family,” veteran actor Kabir Bedi said.

Actress Sonam Kapoor, said no one comes close to your brilliance and creativity.

“Innovation & technology have lost their greatest champion yet,” actor Ranvir Shorey tweeted.

Riteish Deshmukh tweets, An APPLE with one ‘BYTE’ eaten out of it — will always be in front on me for the rest of my life. Thank you STEVE JOBS— RIP— your FAN.

“I feel like I lost someone I knew today. I guess whenever we lose a genius a great talent/visionary, the world feels like a lesser place,” singer Sophie Choudry said.

Actor Dino Morea, says, “watched most of his key note speeches, brilliance personified. Thank you Mr. Jobs for the - i pod, i phone, i mac, and i pad. Now I am sad.

“The only thing I insisted on buying knowing I didn’t ’need it’ was a Macbook. They don’t make Macbook anymore n nor do they make steve jobs!,” actress Shahana Goswami said.

Music Director Vishal Dadlani said, “There is a lesson in the grace with which Steve Jobs prepared for today. Death comes to everyone, but it is how we meet it that defines us.

“Steve Jobs ... Reincarnate soon!”, actress Neha Dhupia tweeted.

Even other celebrities like Karan Johar, Abhishek Bachchan, Shahid Kapoor, Minissha Lamba, Dia Mirza, Shirish Kunder, Anubhav Sinha and others prayed for the departed soul.

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