'Shilpa Shinde was crying BITTERLY': Aasif Sheikh praises ex costar for taking care of late Manoj Santoshi

The demise of Bhabiji Ghar Par Hai writer Manoj Santoshi has left the cast of the show in deep shock. Shilpa Shinde, who was taking care of the late writer recently opened up about his death and blamed the hospital authorities of medical negligence.

Now speaking to ETimes TV, Aasif Sheikh, who essays the character of Vibhuti Narayan Mishra in Bhabiji Ghar Par Hai, heaps praises on ex costar Shilpa Shinde and states that what the actress has done for the late writer, people do not even do it for their relatives. ''More than me, Shilpa Shinde, who has been with Manoj in his fight with his liver ailment, is in a state of shock. When she called me to tell me about Manoj's demise she was crying bitterly. She was all alone with Manoj, and I have a deep respect for Shilpa — aaj ke time pe koi apna itna nahi karta jitna Shilpa ne Manoj ke liye kiya,'' Shaikh says.

Further, the actor also reveals that when he went to see Manoj in Hyderabad sometime ago, he knew something was off with him since the writer had lost a lot of weight. He said, ''For the past six months he had been struggling with his health issues. And when I went to meet him in Hyderabad, I knew something majorly was wrong with him seeing his drastic weight loss. But he has left a big void in my life.''

When she called me to tell me about Manoj's demise she was crying bitterly. She was all alone with Manoj, and I have a deep respect for Shilpa — aaj ke time pe koi apna itna nahi karta jitna Shilpa ne Manoj ke liye kiya

- Aasif Sheikh

For the uninformed, Manoj Santoshi, the writer of Bhabiji Ghar Par Hai, passed away on the 24th of March after a long battle with liver cancer.