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Bollywood’s ‘favourite mother’ dies

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NEW DELHI: Bollywood actress Reema Lagoo, the ever-smiling screen mother to some of India’s top actors, died yesterday. She was 59.

Condolence­s and tributes to the actress poured forth on Twitter, including from Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

“Reema Lagoo was a versatile

actor who left a big impact in the film & TV world. Her demise is saddening,” Modi tweeted.

Veteran actor Rishi Kapoor tweeted: “Good friend. Heartfelt condolence­s.”

Lagoo died of cardiac arrest in a Mumbai hospital.

Her big break came in 1988 when she played the mother of the leading actress in the romantic hit

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Lagoo began to play mothers in Bollywood at a time when the stereotype of Indian mothers was that of the eternally tragic figure who suffered for her children.

Lagoo brought a lighter touch. She played the mother who was also her children’s friend.

She played mother to almost every major star and acted in some of Bollywood’s biggest blockbuste­rs.

Superstars Salman Khan and Shahrukh Khan had both played her screen sons.

She starred in dozens of hit Bollywood films, like

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