Mumbai, July 28: Megastar Amitabh Bachchan, who is saddened by the demise of “simple, sensible and caring” former president A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, recounts however he had one chance of getting a telecom conversation with the genius.

The 72-year-old, on his blog, shared: “A simple man, of childlike manner, practical, caring and adorable to all…my only achievement of contact with him – a conversation simply before he was declared to be the next President of India. India is grieved.”

Kalam died on Monday evening in Shillong, wherever he was delivering a lecture at a premium educational institute.

“Sudden finish to an iconic figure…the brain behind the exceptional presence of India in science, missile technology and several other achievements connected with area analysis and putt India on the world map in these facilities,” big B added .

The “Piku” actor additionally prayed for strength for the bereft family.

“In such moments of grief it becomes troublesome to savours what we might term as a routine and traditional communication through this medium. But, we remember him in prayer and in our condolences to his close to and expensive ones,” Amitabh further posted.