India, Oct. 27 -- Veteran actor Satish Shah, who passed away on Saturday at the age of 74 following kidney failure, was known for keeping his personal life strictly private. Now, as fans mourn his loss, heartwarming stories from his life are resurfacing online, from his romance with wife Madhu Shah, to close family ties with Ratna Pathak Shah, and even his classroom memories with Shabana Azmi.

Satish Shah was born on June 25, 1951, in Mumbai, into a Kutchi Gujarati family originally hailing from Mandvi in Kutch. He was raised in a close-knit household. His father was a businessman. He has a brother Natwar and sister Madhuri, who were not known to be part of the film industry.

He studied at St. Xavier's College, Mumbai, before joining th...