Bollywood actress Reema Lagoo dies

New Delhi:  Actress Reema Lagoo died of a cardiac arrest in Mumbai at 3:30am this morning. She was 59. Lagoo had been taken to the Kokilaben Hospital, reports NDTV.
Reema Lagoo was a veteran of the Marathi stage and appeared in several high profile Bollywood films, working with top stars like Salman Khan and Akshay Kumar. Reema Lagoo is survived by her daughter Mrunmayee, also an actress.
Khadbade in 1958. She was the daughter of a well-known Marathi actress and began acting herself after finishing school in Pune. She took the name Reema Lagoo after her marriage - she and her husband later separated but Ms Lagoo retained the name.
Reema Lagoo's best-known roles were as mother to the stars - she played Salman's mother in Maine Pyar Kiya, Saajan and Hum Saath Saath Hain, Akshay's mother in Jai Kishen, Kajol's in Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, and Madhuri Dixit's in Hum Aapke Hain Koun. She played Sanjay Dutt's mother in Vaastav, in which her character kills her gangster son.

 

Bollywood actress Reema Lagoo dies

New Delhi: Actress Reema Lagoo died of a cardiac arrest in Mumbai at 3:30am this morning. She was 59. Lagoo had been taken to the Kokilaben Hospital, reports NDTV. Reema Lagoo was a veteran of the Marathi stage and appeared in several high profile Bollywood films, working with top stars like Salman Khan and Akshay Kumar. Reema Lagoo is survived by her daughter Mrunmayee, also an actress. Khadbade in 1958. She was the daughter of a well-known Marathi actress and began acting herself after finishing school in Pune. She took the name Reema Lagoo after her marriage - she and her husband later separated but Ms Lagoo retained the name. Reema Lagoos best-known roles were as mother to the stars - she played Salmans mother in Maine Pyar Kiya, Saajan and Hum Saath Saath Hain, Akshays mother in Jai Kishen, Kajols in Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, and Madhuri Dixits in Hum Aapke Hain Koun. She played Sanjay Dutts mother in Vaastav, in which her character kills her gangster son.