A very bad News comming out In Bollywood Industry, that Veteran Bollywood actress Zohra Sehgal died at a hospital in Delhi on Thursday. She was 102 on her Death. Sehgal breathed her last breath at Max hospital here around 4:30pm.
She was the winner of India’s a very Prestigious Award Padma Vibhushan in 2010.
“She died of a cardiac arrest this afternoon. Zohra Sehgal was unwell for last three-four days,” her daughter Kiran said.
Sehgal would be cremated tomorrow at 11 am at the Lodhi Road crematorium.
Bollywood Veteran actress Zohra Sehgal passes away at the age of 102
Zohra Sehgal Life:
Zohra started her career as a dancer with Uday Shankar in mid of 1935. She had appeared in many Hindi films as a character actor as well as in English language films besides television series and plays.
Zohra was a very inmportand part of Hindi films like “Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam”, “Dil Se” and “Cheeni Kum” (with Amitabh Bachchan).
Zohra Sehgal was a member of the Indian People’s Theatre Association and in 1946 debuted in its first film production “Dharti Ke Lal”, which dealt with the Bengal famine. She also acted in another IPTA film – Chetan Anand’s “Neecha Nagar”.
In 2012, Her daughter Kiran wrote Sehgal’s biography named “Zohra Segal: Fatty”.
Celebrities Tweeted on Zohra Sehgal’s Death:
Whole Bollywood Industry is Sharing there Loss by Tweeting or some other Ways on Zohra Sehgal Pass Away News.
The news was broken in the night by historian Irfan Habib, “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.”
Siddharth Basu tweeted,” Forever young at heart & in spirit even at 102, the irrepressibly endearing Zohra Sehgal finally belongs to the ages. May she rest in peace.”
“Zohra Sehgal passes away at 102 yrs…What a journey and what an immensely lovable co-star! Prayer for her blessed soul!,” actor Amitabh Bachchan tweeted.
“My condolences on the sad demise of the veteran actress Zohra Sehgal. Her legendary contribution in the field of art & cinema will live on,” Javadekar tweeted.
So many other Celebrities not only from B-Town but from other fields also are expressing their condolences by available.
Filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar paid his homage by sharing a vintage picture from the 1940 on the micro-blogging site.
“Zohra Sehgal, during a stage performance…” he said on his account.
Union information and broadcasting minister Prakash Javadekar too expressed his heartfelt tribute.
Bollywood Veteran actress Zohra Sehgal passes away at the age of 102
