B-town mourns veteran actress Sulabha Deshpande's demise

The Bollywood film fraternity has expressed condolences on the sad demise of veteran theatre and film actress Sulabha Deshpande, who passed away on June 4, following a prolonged illness.

Deshpande took her last breath at her Mumbai residence. Her funeral will be held on June 5, 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

— Madhur Bhandarkar (@imbhandarkar) June 4, 2016

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.

— Madhuri Dixit-Nene (@MadhuriDixit) June 4, 2016

Sonu Nigam tweeted,

Oh really? Magnificent presence. Her Union with Arvind Deshpande ji today after 27 years..RIP Sulabha Deshpande ji. https://t.co/NqB53p3WSS

— Sonu Nigam (@sonunigam) June 4, 2016

Actress Richa Chadha paid respect to the veteran actress writing,

Day of colossal losses. RIP Mohammad Ali, Sasha Shulgin and Sulabha Deshpande :(

— RichaChadha (@RichaChadha_) June 4, 2016

Among others celebrities who expressed their condolences was veteran singer Lata Mangeshkar,

Bahut acchi Abhinetri Sulabha Deshpande ji aaj hamare bich nahi rahi.Mujhe bahut dukh hai,unke (cont) https://t.co/b6hz7TClQL

— Lata Mangeshkar (@mangeshkarlata) June 4, 2016

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.