Mumbai, Feb. 27 -- Veteran actor Anupam Kher has paid tribute to Oscar-winning actor Gene Hackman, who was found dead at his New Mexico home.

On Thursday, Kher took to his X account to share a series of pictures of the actor. Along with the pictures, he also added a note where he recalled a memory of watching one of Hackman's films many years ago that made him "cry his heart out."

In his note, Kher shared how, once while shooting for his film Aakhri Raasta, he finished work early one day, returned to his hotel, and while flipping through television channels, came across a movie titled 'I Never Sang for My Father', featuring a "young Gene Hackman."

Sharing how deeply moved he was after watching the movie, Kher wrote, "The year was 1985....