Veteran singer and actor Sulakshana Pandit, identified for her soulful voice and memorable performances in Hindi cinema, handed away on Thursday, November 6, on the age of 71. The singer breathed her final at Nanavati Hospital in Mumbai after a chronic sickness.Her brother, music composer Lalit Pandit, confirmed the heartbreaking information to mid-day, saying, “She handed away at the moment round 8.00 pm. She suffered cardiac arrest. Her funeral shall be tomorrow (November 7) at 12.00 midday.”
From a musical legacy to her rise as a playback singer
Born on July 12, 1954, in Raigarh, Chhattisgarh, Sulakshana Pandit hailed from a household deeply rooted in music. She was the niece of legendary classical vocalist Pandit Jasraj and the sister of the music composer duo Jatin-Lalit.Sulakshana started her musical journey on the tender age of 9 and made her playback singing debut in 1967. She rose to prominence together with her soulful quantity Tu Hello Sagar Hai Tu Hello Kinara from Sankalp (1975), which earned her the Filmfare Award for Finest Feminine Playback Singer.Her duet Saat Samandar Paar Se with Lata Mangeshkar from the movie Taqdeer (1967) stays one among her most memorable early works.
Transition to performing: A celebrated face of the Nineteen Seventies and Nineteen Eighties
Alongside her singing profession, Sulakshana Pandit additionally carved a distinct segment for herself as an actor. She made her performing debut with Uljhan (1975) reverse Sanjeev Kumar and went on to seem in notable movies reminiscent of Sankoch (1976), Hera Pheri, Apnapan, Khandaan, and Waqt Ki Deewar.She shared display area with a few of Hindi cinema's largest stars, together with Rajesh Khanna, Jeetendra, Vinod Khanna, Shashi Kapoor, and Shatrughan Sinha, incomes admiration for her sleek display presence and emotional performances.
Her unfulfilled love story with Sanjeev Kumar
Sulakshana Pandit's private life usually made headlines for her admiration for Sanjeev Kumar, her co-star from Uljhan. The actress reportedly fell in love with him in the course of the making of the movie. Nevertheless, Sanjeev Kumar was in love with Hema Malini, who declined his proposal.Later, Sulakshana herself expressed her want to marry Sanjeev Kumar, however he turned her down. Deeply affected, she by no means married and ultimately withdrew from the movie business after his dying in 1985.In a poignant coincidence, Sulakshana Pandit handed away on November 6 — the identical date Sanjeev Kumar died in 1985.
