Bollywood actress Sujata Kumar, who played the role of Sridevi’s sister in the 2012 movie English Vinglish, passed away on Sunday night. Her sudden demise has shocked B-town industry and now, producer Boney Kapoor has revealed that his late wife Sridevi was very fond of Sujata Kumar.
"I had met Sujata once or twice. Well, Sri always told me that Sujata was a very dignified lady, full of warmth," Boney Kapoor was quoted as saying to Spotboye.
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Sujata Kumar’s sister and actor Suchitra Krishnamoorthi shared the news on her social media accounts. She tweeted, “Our beloved Sujata Kumar has passed away and moved on to a better place leaving us with an umimaginable void. She left us an hour ago at 11.26 pm on the 19th of august 2018.Life can never be the same again”.
On Saturday, she had posted about Sujata Kumar's health condition and wrote, "It feels like somebody's plunged a hard cold knife into my heart and ripped the ground from under my feet as I sit outside ICU & pray for my big sister, my mother, my best friend and my darling Sujata Kumar, as she battles for her life inside. Please join me & my family in our prayers for her. Please pray for my darling sister Sujata Kumar."
Sujata worked in several TV shows like Hotel Kingston and Bombay Talking. She also appeared in the Anil Kapoor-starrer 24 as Meghna Singhania.
Apart from English Vinglish, Sujata has worked in films like Raanjhanaa, Salaam-E-Ishq and Gori Tere Pyar Mein.
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