Veteran actor Anupam Kher has remembered late Hollywood filmmaker Garry Marshall and said he had the "privilege" to meet him.

Anupam shared a photograph of himself with "The Princess Diaries" director, who died on Tuesday.

"Had the privilege of meeting director Garry Marshall in LA. He spread happiness like his movies did. Will miss him," Anupam tweeted on Thursday.

A memorial is being planned for Marshall's birth anniversary on November 13. The filmmaker, who died aged 81 has helmed some of the famous TV sitcoms like the hit 1970s series "Happy Days" and directed the evergreen romantic drama film "Pretty Woman".