Overview
- Family confirmation states she died Thursday evening in Mumbai following cardiac arrest, with differing reports on whether she passed at or en route to Nanavati Hospital.
- Lalit Pandit said the funeral will take place on Nov. 7 at noon.
- Her age at death is reported inconsistently, with most outlets citing 71 and one reporting 68.
- Relatives and media accounts note she had been unwell for some time.
- A 1970s mainstay of Hindi cinema, she won the 1975 Filmfare Best Female Playback Award for Tu Hi Saagar Hai Tu Hi Kinara, debuted as an actor in Uljhan (1975), and belonged to the musical family that includes composer duo Jatin–Lalit and her uncle Pandit Jasraj.