Bollywood pays mournful respect to Deven Verma

Bollywood celebrities came out on Twitter to pay homage to veteran actor Deven Verma who passed away early morning on Tuesday, following a heart attack and kidney failure.

Here’s some of the early tweets:

Karan Johar: #RIPDevenVerma ...your straight-faced impeccable comic timing still doesn't have a successor.

Madhur Bhandarkar: Sad to hear Deven Varma-ji has passed away. A breakthrough humorist & baadshah of subtle comic timing, he made comedy look classy. RIP, Sir.

Riteish Deshmukh: Deven Verma - incredible actor, comic excellence second to none. Thank you for making my childhood so memorable. Will miss you sir- RIP.

Anushka Sharma: RIP Deven Verma...How much I love his scene in 'Andaz Apna Apna' "Main betiyon ko chudiyaan pehnaoonga...Aap ma ko."

Manoj Bajpayee: Sad to hear that the great Deven Verma ji passed away. my heartfelt condolences to his family...RIP.

Vikram Bhatt: Saddened by the news of #DevenVarma passing away. Spent hours watching him and even imitating him. Thank you for the joy you spread sir.

Meghna Gulzar: Alvida Bahadur. Watching you eat the bhaang pakodas was delectable. RIP Deven Varma Sir.

Alok Nath: Rest in eternal peace Mr. Deven Verma, will always cherish the pleasurable moments spent with you, your subtle humour enthralled us all.

Tusshar Kapoor: RIP Deven Varma Ji, I grew up on your performances!

Milap Zaveri: RIP Deven Varma. What a fine actor with the most understated comic timing ever! The heavens will be entertained forever now.