Popular
Marathi
director
and
producer
Kanchan
Adhikari's
mother
and
devotional
singer
Kusum
Sharad
Gharpure
passed
away
today
(October
10)
due
to
age-related
ailments.
She
was
86.
Kusum
Gharpure
breathed
her
last
in
the
early
hours
at
her
residence
in
Vile
Parle
(East),
Mumbai.
The
veteran
singer's
last
rites
will
be
performed
today
at
Pawan
Hans
Crematorium,
Vile
Parle
(West).
She
is
survived
by
a
daughter
and
a
son.
Kusum
Gharpure's
demise
is
indeed
a
big
loss
for
the
Marathi
film
industry.
For
the
unversed,
Kusum
had
started
her
singing
career
at
the
age
of
10
and
sung
many
devotional
songs
in
Marathi.
After
gaining
success,
she
also
performed
on
various
devotional
programs
and
radio
shows.
Kusum's
daughter
Kanchan,
is
a
renowned
director
in
Marathi
film
industry.
She
has
directed
films
like
Mokala
Shwaas,
Kiran
Kulkarni
vs
Kiran
Kulkarni,
Manini
and
so
on.