 "Sulabha Deshpande")
The Bollywood film fraternity has expressed condolences on the sad demise of veteran theatre and film actor Sulabha Deshpande, who passed away on Saturday following a prolonged illness.
Deshpande took her last breath at her Mumbai residence. Her funeral will be held today at the Dadar crematorium at 5.30 pm.
Filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar took to his Twitter handle to express condolence and tweeted, "Sad to hear about Sulabha Deshpande. Will always be remembered for her immense Contribution to Marathi theatre & Hindi Cinema. #RIP."
Madhuri Dixit tweeted, "Sad to know about the demise of Sulabha Deshpandeji. What a lovely, warm person and wonderful actress! Also RIP boxing legend Muhammad Ali."
"Oh really? Magnificent presence. Her Union with Arvind Deshpande ji today after 27 years..RIP Sulabha Deshpande ji," tweeted Sonu Nigam.
Actress Richa Chadha paid respect to the veteran actress writing, "Day of colossal losses. RIP Mohammad Ali, Sasha Shulgin and Sulabha Deshpande."
Sharing Sulabha's picture, Raveena Tandon wrote, "Rest in Peace .."
Among others celebrities who expressed their condolences was veteran singer Lata Mangeshkar.
Sulabha, who had acted in over 73 movies, mainstream Bollywood as well as art house cinema, had also featured in several Marathi and TV serials.
