Veteran
actress
Ashalata
Wabgaonkar
passed
away
yesterday
(September
22)
due
to
COVID-19.
The
79-year-old
actress
had
been
admitted
to
a
private
hospital
in
Satara,
after
she
reportedly
got
infected
with
the
Novel
Coronavirus
on
the
sets
of
Marathi
daily
soap
Aai
Mazi
Kalubai.
The
Marathi
actress'
demise
has
not
only
shocked
the
celebs
from
Marathi
film
industry,
but
also
from
Bollywood.
Actress
Shabana
Azmi,
who
worked
with
the
late
actress
in
Basu
Chatterjee's
Apne
Paraye
(1980)
expressed
grief
while
talking
to
The
Times
of
India.
She
said,
"I
am
so
sorry
to
learn
that
Ashalataji
passed
away
due
to
Coronavirus.
I
had
the
pleasure
of
working
with
her
in
Basu
Chatterjee's
Apne
Paraye.
The
relationship
between
the
two
sisters-in-law
was
a
complex
one
and
she
essayed
her
part
beautifully
--
warm,
loving
petulant,
childlike
and
tyrannical
in
turns
--
she
brought
alive
every
aspect.
I
missed
watching
her
on
stage
but
heard
many
stories
of
what
a
force
she
was
in
theatre."
Actor
Anil
Kapoor,
who
shared
screen
space
with
Ashalata
Wabgaonkar
in
an
important
film
of
his
career,
Woh
Saat
Din
(1983),
tweeted,
"Had
the
honour
of
working
with
Ashalata
Ji
in
Woh
7
Din,
a
truly
talented
actress.
My
heartfelt
prayers
&
condolences
to
the
family."
N
Chandra,
the
director
of
the
iconic
film
Ankush
(1986),
remembered
her
solid
performance
in
the
Nana
Patekar-starrer.
He
told
the
daily,
"Some
actresses
are
such
that
their
performances
stay
with
you,
so
much
so
that
you
must
work
with
her.
Ashalataji
was
one
such
actress.
She
was
very
spontaneous.
You
would
not
know
how
she
would
react
in
the
actual
shot.
Ashalataji
made
the
grandmother's
role
memorable
and
had
the
audience
falling
in
love
with
her
character."