Bollywood stars Kamal Haasan, Shilpa Shetty, AR Rahman pay tribute to Queen Elizabeth II

The longest reigning monarch in the world, Queen Elizabeth II, has passed away. As the world mourns the death of the 96-year-old queen, stars from Bollywood share their fond memories of the sovereign.

South Indian star Kamal Haasan tweeted as well. The ‘Vikram’ actor wrote in Tamil; two tweets that have been translated by Indian media [NAME IT] as: “I was saddened to hear the news of the death of Queen Elizabeth II of England, who had been the queen for seventy years. She was loved not only by the British but also by the whole world. 25 years ago, she accepted our invitation and attended the opening ceremony of Marudhanyagam. It was probably the only film shoot she attended. I still vividly remember meeting her at the palace 5 years ago at a cultural event in London. My deepest condolences to the people of England and the Royal Family for the loss of their beloved Queen.”

Amitabh Bachchan wrote a blog post talking about his memories. He wrote about the trip his father, the legendary poet Harivansh Rai Bachchan, made to England around the time she was crowned. "Babuji was in England for his PhD, when she was crowned, and the Coronation was the huge event of the moment in 1952. And the news and the books and the curious designed then were dutifully sent to me in Allahabad." He also wrote about when he shook hands with her. He wrote: "A private hand shake with her when she was a State Guest during my University days, to India and that exclusive moment at Rashtrapati Bhavan, among the four or five of us."

Oscar winning musician A R Rahman took to his Instagram and shared his last photo with the Queen during Bollywood-themed musical ‘Bombay Dreams’ in 2002 and captioned the post "Last I met her was during a charity show of #Bombaydreamsmusical with @andrewlloydwebber ..#ripqueenelizabeth "

Former beauty queen and actor Sushmita Sen posted a photo of Queen Elizabeth II and wrote: "What an incredible & truly celebrated life!!! She loved colors & lived every shade of it, in a single lifetime...The very embodiment of QUEEN!!! Rest in peace Queen Elizabeth ll."

Taking to her Insta stories, Kareena Kapoor Khan dropped a young picture of Queen Elizabeth II with a heart emoji. Anushka Sharma also posted the same picture of Queen Elizabeth II but in black-white. She captioned the picture, "Rest in Grace."

Riteish Deshmukh also posted a condolence message on the demise of Queen Elizabeth II. His Twitter post reads, "End of an era!! Through the toughest times she never let got of her dignity. Today is indeed a sad day, condolences to the family and the people of UK. #QueenElizabethII."

Meanwhile, Neetu Kapoor also shared a throwback photo of the Queen's younger self on her Instagram story.