INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
for her role in Sridevi's 2012 film English Vinglish, died of cancer last night, her sister Suchitra Krishnamoorthi tweeted
Ms Krishnamoorthi, a singer, is Sujata Kumar's younger sister
She was admitted to Mumbai's Lilavati Hospital
"Our beloved Sujata Kumar has passed away and moved on to a better place leaving us with an unimaginable 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 wrote on Sunday night
News agency PTI reports that Sujata Kumar was suffering from fourth stage metastatic cancer
somebody's plunged a hard cold knife into my heart and ripped the ground from under my feet as I sit outside ICU pray for my big sister,
my mother, my best friend and my darling Sujata Kumar, as she battles for her life inside
Please join me my family in our prayers for her
Apart from English Vinglish, Sujata Kumar worked in films such as Gori Tere Pyar Mein, Guzaarish and Raanjhanaa
She was also a part of Anil Kapoor's TV show 24.(With PTI inputs)