A file photograph of Manju Singh (courtesy: swanandkirkire)
Mumbai:
Noted producer-actor Manju Singh, greatest recognized for exhibits reminiscent of Swaraj, Ek Kahani and Show Time, has died after struggling a stroke. She was 73. Fondly known as didi by her business colleagues, Singh was praised for highlighting social and cultural points via her exhibits as a producer like Adhikar, Samyaktva: True Insight, amongst others.
She additionally featured in filmmaker Hrishikesh Mukherjee’s 1979 traditional movie Gol Maal, enjoying the function of Ratna, the sister of Amol Palekar’s Ramprasad Dashrathprasad Sharma.
According to Singh’s elder daughter Suparna, the producer breathed her final at her residence on Thursday morning. “She passed away due to a stroke at around 10 am on Thursday at her residence,” Suparna advised PTI.
Her final rites have been carried out on Saturday because the household was ready for her granddaughter to reach from New York.
Award-winning lyricist-screenwriter Swanand Kirkire – who labored together with her on Doordarshan present Swaraj as a author – condoled her demise in a publish on Twitter.
“Manju Singh is no more. Manju ji brought me from Delhi to Mumbai to write her show Swaraj for Doordarshan. She made many wonderful shows Ek Kahani, Show Time etc for DD. Hrishikesh Mukherjee’s Golmaal Ki Ratna Hamari Pyaari Manju ji how can you forget your love. Goodbye,” he wrote.
Singh was additionally the anchor of the kids’s program, Khel Khilone, which she performed for seven years. She is survived by her daughters Suparna, Shalini and son Gautam.
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