Sujata Kumar English Vinglish Actress Passes Away After Battling Cancer

Actress Sujata Kumar, fondly remembered for playing late veteran actress Sridevi's sibling in the film English Vinglish has died of cancer, said her sister Suchitra Krishnamoorthi, the actress-singer. Family sources told PTI she was suffering from fourth stage metastatic cancer ( metastatis) and was admitted to Lilavati Hospital here. “Her condition worsened day before yesterday at the hospital,” the insider said.

Actor Suchitra Krishnamoorthi, Sujata’s younger sister, also took to Twitter to share the news of the death.  She tweeted that Sujata reportedly succumbed to cancer late on 19 August. Suchitra had earlier tweeted asking her fans and friends to pray for Sujata. "Please pray for my darling sister Sujata Kumar," she had said in the tweet. On 18 August, Suchitra shared an update about her sister.

Our beloved Sujata Kumar has passed away and moved on to a better place leaving us with an umimaginable void. She left us an hour ago at 11.26 pm on the 19th of august 2018..Life can never be the same again ...

— Suchitra Krishnamoorthi (@suchitrak) August 19, 2018

Sujata worked in several TV shows like Hotel Kingston and Bombay Talking. She also appeared in the Anil Kapoor-starrer 24 as Meghna Singhania.Apart from English Vinglish, Sujata has worked in films like Raanjhanaa, Salaam-E-Ishq and Gori Tere Pyar Mein.