MUMBAI MIRROR (May 28, 2018)

Veteran actress Geeta Kapoor, who rose to fame with Meena Kumari-starrer Pakeezah, passed away in a Mumbai old age home on Saturday, a family friend was quoted as saying.

The 67-year-old actress had been living in the old age home after she was reportedly abandoned by her son and daughter last year.

Kapoor had acted in around 100 films in supporting roles/characters, including prominent Kamal Amrohi’s films Pakeezah and Razia Sultan. Film producer Ramesh Taurani and Ashoke Pandit had been caring for the actress and paying her medical bills. Her son Raja is a choreographer and her daughter Aradhya is an airhostess.

“Her body will be kept at Cooper Hospital, Vile Parle, for two days hoping her children to come and at least do the last rites. Otherwise, we will do our best to bid her a dignified goodbye,” Pandit shared.

When Mirror tried to contact the late actress’s daughter, Aradhya Kapoor, who had arrived at Amboli police station on Sunday afternoon to claim the body, a family member informed that she was not in a state to speak as she hadn’t met her mother in two years. “We will shortly release a statement about the details of the funeral and the prayer meet,” they signed off.