DeathLata Mangeshkar passed away on February 6 at the age of 92 due to multi-organ failure.Inputs Ptiptia two-day national mourning will be observed on the demise of legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar, official sources said on Sunday, February 6. The national flag will fly at half mast, they said, adding that a state funeral will be accorded to her. She died on Sunday, February 6, due to multiple organ failure, her sister Usha Mangeshkar and doctors treating her said. She was 92. “Lata di died at 8.12 am due to multi organ failure after over 28 days of Covid-19 diagnosis,” Dr Pratit Samdani, who was treating the veteran singer at the city's Breach Candy hospital here, told reporters. The last rites will be held on Sunday evening. The singing legend was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Breach Candy Hospital in South Mumbai in early January after she tested positive for the novel coronavirus...
- 2/6/2022
- by Haripriya
- The News Minute
Bhanu Athaiya, the costume designer who became the first Indian to win an Oscar, for Richard Attenborough’s “Gandhi” (1982), died at her home in Mumbai Thursday after a prolonged illness. She was 91.
Athaiya was suffering from a brain tumor for the last eight years, her daughter Radhika Gupta told news agency Pti.
Athaiya was born in Kolhapur, western India, in 1929. She began her career as a fashion illustrator for magazines before she moved to designing costumes for films. She made her debut with Raj Khosla’s “C.I.D.” (1956) and went on to design for some of the landmark films of Indian cinema, including Guru Dutt’s “Pyaasa” (1957) and “Kaagaz Ke Phool” (1959) and Abrar Alvi’s “Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam” (1962).
She designed for more than 100 Indian films over a career spanning nearly 60 years. Her output in the 1960s included “Gunga Jumna,” “Waqt,” “Amrapali,” “Teesri Manzil” and “Milan.” In the 1970s she worked on “Johny Mera Naam,...
Athaiya was suffering from a brain tumor for the last eight years, her daughter Radhika Gupta told news agency Pti.
Athaiya was born in Kolhapur, western India, in 1929. She began her career as a fashion illustrator for magazines before she moved to designing costumes for films. She made her debut with Raj Khosla’s “C.I.D.” (1956) and went on to design for some of the landmark films of Indian cinema, including Guru Dutt’s “Pyaasa” (1957) and “Kaagaz Ke Phool” (1959) and Abrar Alvi’s “Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam” (1962).
She designed for more than 100 Indian films over a career spanning nearly 60 years. Her output in the 1960s included “Gunga Jumna,” “Waqt,” “Amrapali,” “Teesri Manzil” and “Milan.” In the 1970s she worked on “Johny Mera Naam,...
- 10/15/2020
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
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