Overview
- Family confirmed she passed on November 6 in Mumbai around 7 pm after a cardiac arrest while being taken to Nanavati Hospital.
- Last rites were conducted on November 7 at Pawan Hans crematorium in Juhu with a small gathering, including Shabana Azmi and Poonam Dhillon.
- A prominent face of 1970s–80s Hindi cinema, she worked as both an actor and playback singer, earning the 1975 Filmfare Best Female Playback Singer award for Tu Hi Sagar Hai Tu Hi Kinara.
- She came from a celebrated musical lineage as the sister of composers Jatin–Lalit and the niece of classical maestro Pandit Jasraj.
- Coverage notes prolonged ill health and a largely private later life; her final recorded contribution was an alaap in Khamoshi: The Musical (1996).