Veteran actor Tabassum dies due to cardiac arrest
MUMBAI: Veteran actor Tabassum, known for her work as a child artiste in several Hindi classics and also as host of popular Doordarshan talk show ‘Phool Khile Hain Gulshan Gulshan’, died after suffering a cardiac arrest, her son Hoshang Govil said on Saturday. She was 78.
Govil said his mother had been admitted to a hospital in Mumbai for the past few days. She suffered two cardiac attacks on Friday and passed away the night.
“Few days ago, she was admitted to a hospital. She had gastro problem and we went there for check-up. She suffered two cardiac attacks at 8.40pm and 8.42pm. She passed away peacefully on Friday night,” Hoshang told news agency PTI.
The family said that a prayer meeting in her memory will be held on Monday evening.
Born in 1944 in Mumbai to Ayodhyanath Sachdev and Asghari Begum, Tabassum started her career as a child artiste with the 1947 movie ‘Nargis’.
At that time, she was known as ‘Baby Tabassum’ in the industry. She played a minor role in the 1960 historical epic ‘Mughal-e-azam’, starring Prithviraj Kapoor, Dilip Kumar and Madhubala.