Javed Akhtar's couplet for Sridevi, told to us by Amitabh Bachchan

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"रहने को सदा देहर में आता नहीं कोई
 तुम जैसे गये ऐसे भी जाता नहीं कोई"
~ कैफ़ि आज़मी.


 देहर - means .. the world .


Javed Akhtar narrated this sher to me at funeral of Sridevi .. said it was written at time of Guru Dutt demise ; but so appropriate for today ..



(R) Sridevi and Javed Akhtar at the premiere of Roop Ki Rani, Choron Ka Raja