Geeta Kapoor who was popularly known for Kamal Amrohi directed 'Pakeezah' in which she played the role of Rajkumar's second wife. The actress died on Saturday morning around 9 am at Mumbai's SRV Hospital. She was waiting to see her son who never came back to meet her.
The late actress had a natural death as she was not keeping well because of her age. Ashoke Pandit confirmed the news and tweeted, ''Her body will be kept at Cooper Hospital Vileparle for two days hoping her Children to come and atleast do the last rites Otherwise We will do our best to bid her a dignified goodbye.. Thank U #DrTripathi SRV Hospital @MumbaiPolice #JivanAshaoldHome for being a great help.🙏 #RIP.''
Geeta's son Raja is reported to be a choreographer by profession while her daughter Pooja is an air hostess. Sadly, it's been more than a year and none of her children came forward to help her or to even meet her. Talking about her demise, Ashoke Pandit said to a daily, "Geeta ji finally passed away, we tried our level best to care for her, but she finally gave up. She kept waiting for her children for last one full year, but no one came to meet her. Only last Saturday we had arranged a grand breakfast to cheer her up, she was okay too, but she was not happy from inside, as she wanted to see her children one last time. She had a natural death as she was not keeping well because of her age, she passed away today, around 9.00 AM."