Veteran
actress
Ashalata
Wabgaonkar
passed
away
the
morning
of
September
22
due
to
COVID-19.
She
was
79.
The
noted
Marathi
actress
had
been
admitted
to
Pratibha
Hospital
in
Satara,
Maharashtra
after
testing
positive
for
the
Novel
Coronavirus.
Ashalata
was
in
Satara
for
the
shooting
of
Sony
Marathi's
new
show
Aai
Mazi
Kalubai.
A
few
days
ago,
Ashalata
along
with
20
crew
members
of
the
TV
serial
had
reportedly
tested
positive
for
COVID-19.
The
others
have
been
home
quarantined,
but
the
veteran
actress
was
the
only
one
among
the
cast
who
was
said
to
be
critical.
Ashalata
Wabgaonkar
is
survived
by
a
son.
Her
last
rites
will
reportedly
be
performed
in
Satara.
Shocked
with
her
death,
popular
actress
Renuka
Shahane
penned
an
emotional
note
in
Marathi
on
Twitter.
She
wrote,
"आज
फार
हतबल
झाल्ये.
कोविडनी
एक
अत्यंत
सुंदर
जिवाचा
बळी
घेतला.
आशालता
ताईं
अनंतात
विलीन
झाल्या.
अत्यंत
मायाळू,
प्रेमळ,
संवेदनशील,
उत्तम
कलाकार.
मला
नेहमीच
"बाळा"
म्हणत
आशीर्वाद
देणाऱ्या
आशालता
ताईच्या
आत्म्याला
शांती
लाभो.
भावपूर्ण
श्रद्धांजली."
(I
am
feeling
helpless.
COVID
took
a
very
beautiful
life.
Ashalata
Tai
merged
into
infinity.
Extremely
kind,
loving,
sensitive,
a
great
artiste.
Peace
be
upon
the
soul
of
Ashalata
Tai,
who
has
always
blessed
me
by
addressing
me
as
"Bala".
A
heartfelt
tribute).
Ashalata
Wabgaonkar
was
a
popular
name
in
Marathi
as
well
as
the
Hindi
television
industry,
films
and
theatre.
She
began
her
career
with
Marathi
and
Konkani
theatre.
She
had
acted
in
over
a
hundred
Hindi
and
Marathi
films.
After
making
her
debut
in
Bollywood
with
Basu
Chatterjee's
Apne
Paraye
in
1980,
Ashalata
worked
in
many
popular
films
like
Ahista
Ahista,
Woh
Saat
Din,
Namak
Halaal,
Ankush,
Saugandh
and
so
on.
Apart
from
Hindi,
Ashalata
was
also
a
part
of
popular
Marathi
films
like
Navari
Mile
Navryala,
Umbartha,
Sutradhar
and
many
others.
Notably,
she
played
the
role
of
Shakuntala
in
BR
Chopra's
iconic
mythological
show
Mahabharat.