Mumbai, April 4 -- 'Gadar' fame film director Anil Sharma expressed his grief over the passing away of veteran actor-director Manoj Kumar who passed away early Friday at the age of 87.

The veteran actor and filmmaker breathed his last today at Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital in Mumbai after battling a long illness.

In a conversation with ANI, Anil Sharma said, "After waking up in the morning, I read this sad news. He had so much knowledge, visulaisation...everytime I met him there was something to learn..now everything has gone..Whenever I get a chance, I used to spend some time with him and whenever I went, he used to narrate a lot of things, I regret why did I not tape it all..."

He added that he always wanted to work withn him, ...