Mumbai:
Yesteryear actress Achala Sachdev,who featured in the popular song Ae Meri Zohra Jabeen fromthe film Waqt, has died following a prolonged illness. Shewas 88.
For the last seven months, the actress was bed-ridden atthe Poona Hospital and Research Centre (PHRC), Pune.
"She passed away due to respiratory failure at 5.30pmyesterday. She was bed-ridden for about six months after shesuffered a cerebrovascular (brain attack)," said Sachdev'sphysician Vinod Shah, who tended to her for more than sevenmonths.
Sachdev is survived by son Jytoin, who is in the US andwould be going to Pune for the last rites, Shah said.
Sachdev, who was staying in Pune for several years, hadbroken her leg after she fell down in her house about sixmonths ago.
She was treated but four days later she suffered a braininfarction in which she lost her vision and movements of upperand lower limbs. Since then, she was being treated at thePoona Hospital and Research Centre, Shah said.
Born in Peshawar, Sachdev, who acted in around 150 films,made her film debut with Fashionable Wife (1938). Her mostmemorable role was as Balraj Sahni's wife in the 1965blockbuster Waqt, where she was part of the legendary songAe Meri Zohra Jabeen.
She was also a part of films like Prem Pujari, MeraNaam Joker, Hare Rama Hare Krishna and Andaz.
More recently, she played Kajol's grandmother in DilwaleDulhania Le Jayenge and Amitabh Bachchan's mother in KabhiKhushi Kabhi Gham. She was last seen in Hrithik Roshanstarrer Na Tum Jaano Na Hum (2002).
The funeral will be held on Tuesday in Pune.
For the last seven months, the actress was bed-ridden atthe Poona Hospital and Research Centre (PHRC), Pune.
"She passed away due to respiratory failure at 5.30pmyesterday. She was bed-ridden for about six months after shesuffered a cerebrovascular (brain attack)," said Sachdev'sphysician Vinod Shah, who tended to her for more than sevenmonths.
Sachdev is survived by son Jytoin, who is in the US andwould be going to Pune for the last rites, Shah said.
Sachdev, who was staying in Pune for several years, hadbroken her leg after she fell down in her house about sixmonths ago.
She was treated but four days later she suffered a braininfarction in which she lost her vision and movements of upperand lower limbs. Since then, she was being treated at thePoona Hospital and Research Centre, Shah said.
Born in Peshawar, Sachdev, who acted in around 150 films,made her film debut with Fashionable Wife (1938). Her mostmemorable role was as Balraj Sahni's wife in the 1965blockbuster Waqt, where she was part of the legendary songAe Meri Zohra Jabeen.
She was also a part of films like Prem Pujari, MeraNaam Joker, Hare Rama Hare Krishna and Andaz.
More recently, she played Kajol's grandmother in DilwaleDulhania Le Jayenge and Amitabh Bachchan's mother in KabhiKhushi Kabhi Gham. She was last seen in Hrithik Roshanstarrer Na Tum Jaano Na Hum (2002).
The funeral will be held on Tuesday in Pune.
