Mumbai (March 06, 2018): Veteran Bollywood actress Shammi passed away at 89 in Mumbai in early hours of Tuesday.
Popularly known as ‘Shammi Aunty’, the veteran actress had been in poor health since quite a while, as revealed by Bollywood personality Ashok Shekhar.
Born as Nargis Rabadi in 1929 to a Parsi priest, Shammi had broken into the film industry by chance and had worked in over 100 films. Her most popular projects include ‘Coolie No 1’, ‘Hum Saath-Saath Hain’, ‘Arth’, ‘Dekh Bhai Dekh’ and ‘Zabaan Sambhal Ke.’
T 2735 – Prayers and fond remembrances for Shammi Aunty .. so dear to us as family .. lost to us today ..🙏
some early pictures as a young entrant to films .. and one with Nargis ji at an event ; Shammi Aunty’s real name was also Nargis ! pic.twitter.com/pfgzd1Tff3— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) March 6, 2018
Her demise has been a source of anguish to various Indian luminaries who took to social media forums to offer their condolences.
Amitabh Bachchan expressing his grief tweeted “Shammi Aunty… prolific actress, years of contribution to the industry, dear family friend… passes away.”
T 2735 – Shammi Aunty .. prolific actress, years of contribution to the Industry, dear family friend .. passes away ..!!
A long suffered illness, age ..
Sad .. slowly slowly they all go away .. pic.twitter.com/WYvdhZqo8X— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) March 6, 2018
Related News:
