Veteran Actress Ashalata Wabgaonkar Dies Of COVID-19!

On Tuesday, veteran actress and Marathi theatre personality Ashalata Wabgaonkar passed away at the age of 79 after battling COVID-19 complications.

She made her Bollywood debut with Apne Paraye, which won her a Filmfare Award. She was also seen in Hindi films like Woh Saat Din, Namak Halaal, Shaukeen, Ahista Ahista, Ankush, Coolie, Sadma and Ghayal.

Renuka Shahane and Shabana Azmi took to Twitter to remember the late actress:

आज फार हतबल झाल्ये. कोविडनी एक अत्यंत सुंदर जिवाचा बळी घेतला. आशालता ताईं अनंतात विलीन झाल्या. अत्यंत मायाळू,  प्रेमळ, संवेदनशील, उत्तम कलाकार. मला नेहमीच "बाळा" म्हणत आशीर्वाद देणाऱ्या आशालता ताईच्या आत्म्याला शांती लाभो. भावपूर्ण श्रद्धांजली ????

— Renuka Shahane (@renukash) September 22, 2020

“Today has been a sad day. COVID-19 took a very beautiful life. Ashalata Tai merged into infinity. Extremely kind, loving, sensitive, great artist. Peace be upon the soul of Ashalata Tai, who has always blessed me, addressing me as ‘Baby’. A heartfelt tribute.”

Deeply saddened. I had the pleasure of working with #Ashalataji in Basu Chatterjee’s #Apne Paraye and she was a delight to work with . Condolences to the https://t.co/HuaRz1Oi27? pic.twitter.com/WTgpVQGSES

— Azmi Shabana (@AzmiShabana) September 22, 2020