Actor Suniel Shetty today shared an emotional post remembering his father, who passed away after the prolonged illness. Veerappa Shetty, 93, died on March 1. The actor took to twitter to thank his friends and followers for being by his side. "Though I saw it coming, it still hurts. RIP Papa. Thank you all... Family friends and well-wishers for your prayers," Suniel wrote alongside a picture of footsteps on the sea shore. "Those we love don't go away. They walk beside us every day," the photo read. Shetty's funeral was held at Worli Crematorium here. Many from the industry including Amitabh Bachchan, son Abhishek, filmmaker Ramesh Sippy, actor Shreyas Talpade were present during the last rights. Suniel’s father Virappa Shetty passed away recently at Breach Candy Hospital in Mumbai where he was admitted. Veerapa Shetty is survived by his wife, son Suniel and daughter Sujata. Suniel’s father had suffered a massive paralytic stroke in 2013 and the actor had set-up an entire ICU at his South Mumbai residence for his recovery. It was almost at the same time when Suniel’s daughter Athiya was preparing for her big Bollywood debut. But, Suniel gave importance to Veerapa. He had in the past said that his father was his real hero and nothing is more important to him than his health. So much so, that he even put aside his entire career and did not sign any films for years, for his father’s sake. Here`s the tweet https://twitter.com/SunielVShetty/status/840077775893544962