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Veteran vocalist and histrion Sulakshana Pandit, known for her soulful dependable and memorable performances successful Hindi cinema, passed distant connected Thursday, November 6, astatine the property of 71. The vocalist breathed her past astatine Nanavati Hospital successful Mumbai aft a prolonged illness.Her brother, euphony composer Lalit Pandit, confirmed the heartbreaking quality to mid-day, saying, “She passed distant contiguous astir 8.00 pm. She suffered cardiac arrest. Her ceremonial volition beryllium time (November 7) astatine 12.00 noon.”
From a philharmonic bequest to her emergence arsenic a playback singer
Born connected July 12, 1954, successful Raigarh, Chhattisgarh, Sulakshana Pandit hailed from a household profoundly rooted successful music. She was the niece of legendary classical vocalist Pandit Jasraj and the sister of the euphony composer duo Jatin-Lalit.Sulakshana began her philharmonic travel astatine the tender property of 9 and made her playback singing debut successful 1967. She roseate to prominence with her soulful fig Tu Hi Sagar Hai Tu Hi Kinara from Sankalp (1975), which earned her the Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer.Her duet Saat Samandar Paar Se with Lata Mangeshkar from the movie Taqdeer (1967) remains 1 of her astir memorable aboriginal works.
Transition to acting: A celebrated look of the 1970s and 1980s
Alongside her singing career, Sulakshana Pandit besides carved a niche for herself arsenic an actor. She made her acting debut with Uljhan (1975) other Sanjeev Kumar and went connected to look successful notable films specified arsenic Sankoch (1976), Hera Pheri, Apnapan, Khandaan, and Waqt Ki Deewar.
She shared surface abstraction with immoderate of Hindi cinema’s biggest stars, including Rajesh Khanna, Jeetendra, Vinod Khanna, Shashi Kapoor, and Shatrughan Sinha, earning admiration for her graceful surface beingness and affectional performances.
Her unfulfilled emotion communicative with Sanjeev Kumar
Sulakshana Pandit’s idiosyncratic beingness often made headlines for her admiration for Sanjeev Kumar, her co-star from Uljhan. The histrion reportedly fell successful emotion with him during the making of the film.
However, Sanjeev Kumar was successful emotion with Hema Malini, who declined his proposal.Later, Sulakshana herself expressed her privation to wed Sanjeev Kumar, but helium turned her down. Deeply affected, she ne'er joined and yet withdrew from the movie manufacture aft his decease successful 1985.In a poignant coincidence, Sulakshana Pandit passed distant connected November 6 — the aforesaid day Sanjeev Kumar died successful 1985.
