A well known Marathi and Hindi cinema actor, Sulochana began her profession within the Forties and featured in over 250 movies.
By:
Mohnish Singh
Megastar Amitabh Bachchan on Monday stated the Indian movie trade misplaced “one other nice” within the dying of famous actor Sulochana Latkar, his colleague of a number of movies.
Identified for her innumerable mom roles in Hindi and Marathi cinema, Sulochana died on Sunday as a consequence of extended sickness at a hospital right here. She was 94.
Bachchan, who had performed Sulochana’s on-screen son within the 1974 movie Majboor, paid tribute to the actor on his private weblog.
“We’ve misplaced one other nice of our Cinema World – Sulochana ji .. the light, beneficiant, caring Mom that performed in a number of movies with me… She had been ailing for a while ..” he wrote.
The display screen icon stated he was in contact with Sulochana’s household concerning her well being.
“I had been monitoring her situation together with her household .. however lastly the unhappy information! We are able to solely pray in such unforgiving circumstances… I’m hesitant to jot down anymore ..” he added.
Bachchan and Sulochana additionally starred in movies corresponding to Reshma Aur Shera, Roti Kapada Aur Makan, Muqaddar Ka Sikandar, and Dostana.
A well known Marathi and Hindi cinema actor, Sulochana began her profession within the Forties and featured in over 250 movies.
She largely performed the on-screen mom within the Bollywood movies of the Sixties, Nineteen Seventies and Nineteen Eighties, virtually invariably wearing a white saree. Moreover Bachchan, she labored with all of the lead stars of the period, together with Sunil Dutt, Dev Anand, Rajesh Khanna, and Dilip Kumar.
Cinema personalities corresponding to Madhuri Dixit Nene and Jackie Shroff additionally condoled the veteran actor’s demise.
Dixit Nene remembered Sulochana as “one of the crucial beloved and sleek actresses cinema has seen”.
“My favorite movie of hers will at all times be Sangate Aika. Her efficiency in each movie was memorable. I’ll miss our conversations might you relaxation in peace. Your contribution to Indian cinema will at all times be remembered,” she wrote on Twitter.
Shroff, who performed the actor’s on-screen son in 1984’s Andar Baahar, shared his {photograph} with Sulochana with a damaged coronary heart emoticon.
“Sulochana ji will likely be remembered as an iconic actress, whose distinctive abilities and magnificence have made an eternal influence on this planet of Indian cinema. Om Shanti,” Abhishek Bachchan wrote on Twitter.
Sulochana obtained Padma Shri, India’s fourth highest civilian honour, in 1999. The actor is survived by her daughter Kanchan Shaneka.
She will likely be cremated with state honours as we speak.
