Zohra Sehgal dies at 102
- 5 years ago
Veteran actor Zohra Sehgal passed away in New Delhi on Thursday.
A Padma Vibhushan awardee, Sehgal breathed her last at Max hospital here around 4:30 PM.
"She died of a cardiac arrest this afternoon. She was unwell for last three-four days," daughter Kiran told PTI.
Sehgal would be cremated tomorrow at 11 AM at the Lodhi Road crematorium.
The news was broken in the night by historian Irfan Habib who tweeted, "Just confirmed that Zohra Aapa is no more."
In another tweet, he said, "Extremely sad to know about d passing away of Zohra Sehgal, a woman who lived a full life on her own terms. Great loss to art and culture. RIP."
Sehgal, a vivacious personality, started her career as a dancer with Uday Shankar in 1935. She had appeared in many Bollywood films as a character actor as well as in English language films besides television series and plays.
Often called the grand old lady of Bollywood, she last appeared in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's "Saawariya" in 2007.
Offering his condolences, megastar Amitabh Bachchan tweeted,"Zohra Sehgal passes away at 102 yrs ..what a journey and what an immensely loveable co star ! Prayers for her blessed soul !!"
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A Padma Vibhushan awardee, Sehgal breathed her last at Max hospital here around 4:30 PM.
"She died of a cardiac arrest this afternoon. She was unwell for last three-four days," daughter Kiran told PTI.
Sehgal would be cremated tomorrow at 11 AM at the Lodhi Road crematorium.
The news was broken in the night by historian Irfan Habib who tweeted, "Just confirmed that Zohra Aapa is no more."
In another tweet, he said, "Extremely sad to know about d passing away of Zohra Sehgal, a woman who lived a full life on her own terms. Great loss to art and culture. RIP."
Sehgal, a vivacious personality, started her career as a dancer with Uday Shankar in 1935. She had appeared in many Bollywood films as a character actor as well as in English language films besides television series and plays.
Often called the grand old lady of Bollywood, she last appeared in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's "Saawariya" in 2007.
Offering his condolences, megastar Amitabh Bachchan tweeted,"Zohra Sehgal passes away at 102 yrs ..what a journey and what an immensely loveable co star ! Prayers for her blessed soul !!"
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