A non-existent career as a filmmaker was almost finished completely. In his emotional tribute to his father-in-law, Hansal Mehta wrote: 'I had completed 2 schedules of Shahid. He shared a photo of Yusuf Hussain and wrote about how the late actor helped him to complete his 2012 film Shahid, featuring Rajkummar Rao, when he was 'troubled' and his 'non-existent career as a filmmaker was almost finished completely.' Hansal Mehta shared that Yusuf Hussain was like a father to him. Hansal Mehta, who is married to Yusuf Hussain's daughter Safeena, mourned his father-in-law in an emotional Instagram post.
Yusuf Hussain's death has left his family and friends in the film fraternity heartbroken. He was being treated at Mumbai's Lilavati Hospital, where he died this morning, his son-in-law and filmmaker Hansal Mehta told news agency PTI. Veteran actor Yusuf Hussain died of COVID-19 at the age of 73 on Saturday.