These stars expressed grief over the death of senior film journalist Ali Peter John

There is big sad news for the readers of Mayapuri & Bollyy Tv and the fans of famous writer Ali Peter John, Mayapuri's senior writer Mr. Ali Peter John has passed away today on June 8 as he was ill for the last few days. He was undergoing treatment but this afternoon he breathed his last, this information was given by his loved ones over phone to our Mayapuri editor PK Bajaj.

He was about 72 years old and was associated with Mayapuri for the last 30 years, staying with Mayapuri Patrika till his last days and sharing many interesting stories related to his favourite stars with the fans of Mayapuri.

In the midst of these stories, many times Ali ji has also shared stories related to his personal life with his readers. Ali ji had said that since childhood he was an expert in writing, he used to get less marks in other subjects but in literature he got almost full marks.

The same literature made Ali ji a well known journalist, Ali Peter John who previously worked for the Indian Express's magazine "Screen" and used to write his articles and interviews for them.

His famous column was Ali's notes. He was attached to the screen by Khwaja Ahmad Abbas whom he considered as his mentor, Ali considered KA Abbas as his mentor throughout his life and a passage was also built in his name. During his association with KA Abbas, he started taking his stories to the readers by joining Mayapuri magazine.

Ali ji's love for Mayapuri did not stop here, the desire increased and he gave the shape of a story or article to all his experiences , secrets , his love , hate , anger about Bollywood, and expressed his desire to Pramod Kumar Bajaj, founder and editor of Mayapuri to see these articles in Book form. Pramod ji who has appreciated the best writers from the beginning have presented Ali Ji's experiences in the form of books one after the other and gifted him on his Birthdays.

Ali Peter is the person whom Devanand , Raj Kapoor , Lata Mangeshkar , Dilip Kumar , Dharmendra , Amitabh, Firoz Khan , Mithun Chakraborty , Kadar Khan, Manoj Kumar , Subhash Ghai , Saira Banu , Dimple Kapadia, Nutan, Lata Mangeshkar, BR Chopra , Many other stalwarts like Yash Chopra, Tulsidas Dr. Ramanand Sagar of modern times considered Ali Ji as members of their families.

Not only this, veteran actors like Raj Kapoor, Yash Chopra, Devanand, Rajesh Khanna , Dilip Kumar used to call them to meet them themselves, Both Ali Ji and these actors had a different level of attachment to each other as if they were childhood friends.

Ali Jo has explored Bollywood now and then for more than 55 years and his pen has brought to the fore the truth of reel and real life of several generations of Bollywood. This is the same Ali Peter, on whose penchant the top Hero and heroine of Bollywood used to be enamored and read his articles with great fervor.

Big celebrities have bowed towards Ali ji's nature, talent and status, today's legendary stars like Shahrukh Khan, Anupam Kher still haven't forgotten him. Shahrukh Khan had borne the entire cost of Ali ji's accident a few years ago and had assured him, the same Ali often used to go to meet Anupam Kher and give him the book he wrote, Anupam also read the articles written by Ali a lot.

Anupam Kher also shared a post condoling Ali Ji's demise, on his social media account he wrote, "Deeply saddened to learn about the passing of my dearest friend and veteran journalist Ali Peter John! For me Ali Peter John was the Dilip Kumar of film journalism! Long before getting into the movies, I was a fan of his weekly column AlisNotes in Screen Newspaper. He was the first journalist to write about my play in Mumbai. We were friends for over 40 years. I have been a witness to all the different phases of his life. I have seen all the ups and downs in his life. I am a gypsy with a golden heart. He was a prolific writer. And well wishers for life. I will miss him and his regular calls. Be happy my friend wherever you go!”

RIP my friend!🙏#AliPeterJohnpic.twitter.com/syobRPHU39

— Anupam Kher (@AnupamPKher) June 8, 2022

After this, Amitabh Bachchan's son Abhishek Bachchan also expressed his condolences in a tweet, he wrote, "Today our industry has lost one of our senior most journalists. Ali Peter John was always very kind and helpful to me once I became an actor and I remember seeing him since childhood. Rest in Peace."

Today, our industry loses one of our senior most journalists. Ali Peter John was always very kind and supportive of me once I became an actor and I remember seeing him around since I was a child. Rest in Peace. 🙏🏽

— Abhishek 𝐁𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧 (@juniorbachchan) June 8, 2022

Ali Peter John may no longer be with us, but we still have many countless memories and stories of him, who will live forever and he will live in those memories.

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