Veteran
lyricist
and
poet
Maya
Govind,
known
for
penning
popular
songs
like
'Main
Khiladi
Tu
Anadi'
and
'Aankhon
Mein
Base
Ho
Tum;,
died
at
her
Mumbai
home
on
Thursday
following
a
heart
attack.
She
was
82.
The
veteran,
who
started
working
in
the
industry
in
the
early
70s,
wrote
songs
for
wide-ranging
films
like
Vinod
Khanna-starrer
Aarop,
Hema
Malini's
'Razia
Sultan'
and
Shah
Rukh
Khan-starrer
'Chaahat'.
According
to
her
son
Ajay,
Govind
was
in
a
critical
condition
for
the
past
four
months
due
to
a
blood
clot
in
her
brain,
which
caused
multiple
health
issues.
Govind
was
hospitalised
twice
in
the
last
five
months,
where
was
under
observation
in
the
ICU.
She
breathed
her
last
in
her
sleep
at
her
residence
in
Juhu.
"She
wasn't
keeping
well
and
was
also
hospitalised
twice
--
in
December
for
about
four
days
and
then
later
in
January.
Since
then,
she
was
getting
treated
at
home.
She
had
a
blood
clot
in
her
brain
which
created
a
lot
of
other
health
issues.
So
she
wasn't
keeping
well
for
a
long
time.
She
passed
away
around
9.30
AM
today,"
Ajay
told
PTI.
Though
Govind
worked
actively
from
the
70s
till
the
90s,
her
frequency
of
projects
reduced
starting
2000.
Some
of
her
selected
works
of
the
last
two
decades
include
Govinda
starrer
comedy
'Beti
No
1',
Raveena
Tandon's
National
Award-winning
drama
'Daman',
Amitabh
Bachchan-starrer
'Aetbaar'
and
Shah
Rukh
Khan
and
Madhuri
Dixit's
'Hum
Tumhare
Hai
Sanam'.
Her
last
credited
work
is
a
2014
film,
titled
Bazaar
E
Husn.
Govind's
last
rites
will
be
held
at
Pawan
Hans
crematorium
at
5
PM.