MUMBAI: Veteran Indian actress Reema Lagoo who worked extensively in the Hindi and Marathi cinema world for the last four decades passed away on Thursday morning. She was 58.
Lagoo had been hospitalised after a heart-attack, breathed her last at Kokilaben hospital in Mumbai.
Born in 1958, Lagoo was well-known for her role in Hum Aapke Hai Kaun and the serial Tu-Tu Mein-Mein. She was also part of films such as Saajan, Vaastav, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, to name a few.
In the 1970-80’s Lagoo worked in Marathi theatre and then entered into the Marathi film industry and Bollywood.
Reema was married to actor Vivek Lagoo. She is survived by daughter Mrunmayee Lagoo.
Over the course of her career, she played the mother’s role opposite some of the biggest stars in the industry like Salman Khan (Maine Pyar Kiya), Akshay Kumar (Jai Kishan), Sridevi (Gumrah), Madhuri Dixit (Hum Aapke Hain Koun..!) and Shah Rukh Khan (Kal Ho Naa Ho).
She is a winner of four Filmfare Awards for best supporting actress.
Fans mourn her demise
RIP #ReemaLagoo we miss you. Bollywood’s lovely mummy… :'(
— Sameer Baig (@iamRealSameer) May 18, 2017
We will miss you Reema Logoo mam.#HumAapkeHainKoun #MainePyarKiya #Vaastav #Aashiqui
Always played an ideal & moral mother.#ReemaLagoo 🙏🙏— Anupam KS 🇮🇳🔵 (@anupamnawada) May 18, 2017
Ohhh shocking actress #Reemalagoo is more
😭😭😭 RIP pic.twitter.com/1nXDZnzW2x— Shahrukh siddiqui (@srspoet) May 18, 2017
#ReemaLagoo sad to hear that “the beautiful mom” of Bollywood no more
RIP 🙏we all miss u pic.twitter.com/NOrx4epChr— It’s Nick (@ItsNaveenHr1) May 18, 2017
Beat on-screen parents, ever!#rip#ReemaLagoo pic.twitter.com/7FClauSHZS
— I’ll Explain (@DoBaatein) May 18, 2017
RIP #REEMA ji achchi actor thi #maa ke rool me @Bollyhungama @bollywood_life pic.twitter.com/8yYPyAypNV
— Manoj kashyap (@theManojkashyap) May 18, 2017
After 4 days of mother’s day. A great indian cinema’s mother has no more. A great tribute to #ReemaLagoo
— Kavi Gaurav Gaafil (@GauravGaafil) May 18, 2017
