As per a number of stories, the tragic information of Uma Dasgupta’s demise has been confirmed by her relative, Chiranjeet Chakraborty. The actress handed away round 8 am right now. Chakraborty came upon about her loss of life when he met Uma’s daughter.
Uma Dasgupta was reportedly below therapy for most cancers and was responding properly. Nonetheless, the most cancers returned. She was hospitalised in Kolkata and breathed her final at a neighborhood hospital.
In Satyajit Ray’s iconic Pather Panchali primarily based on Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay’s 1929 Bengali-language novel of the identical identify, Uma performed Apu’s sister Durga. She seems in among the most memorable scenes which have now been immortalised in cinema historical past.
Uma acted in a couple of movies after Pather Panchali. She is survived by her daughter.