Lalitha Lajmi Passed Away

Mumbai, 14th Feb 2023 (NewsHelpline) - Artist Lalitha Lajmi, late actor-filmmaker Guru Dutt's sister, has passed away, she was 90 years old.

The official handle of the National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA) shared the news of her demise. It tweeted, “With Profound grief and sorrow NGMA, Mumbai, Ministry of Culture, Government of India shares the news of demise of veteran artist and printmaker Smt. Lalitha Lajmi who left for heavenly abode this morning(13.02.2023). Our Deepest Condolences. RIP"

Lajmi was born to a poet father and a poly-linguistic writer mother in Kolkata in 1932. She was a self-taught artist with a keen interest in classical dance. Over the decades, she held several exhibitions at international art galleries in Paris, London and Netherlands.

Through her work, she usually narrated a layered history of the modern Indian woman in the decades that followed Independence.

She gave a guest appearance in Aamir Khan's 2007 Bollywood film, Taare Zameen Par and has also done costume designing for a play by Amol Palekar. She has also worked as a graphics artist in Hindi movie Aghaat.