Filmmaker Kalpana Lajmi dead at 64

Mumbai Sep 23 (IANS) Filmmaker and screenwriter Kalpana Lajmi noted for films like "Rudaali" and "Daman" died here on Sunday following a multiple organ failure said her spokesperson.
She was 64.
"Extremely sorry to inform you that Kalpana Lajmi passed away this morning at 4.30 a.m. " the filmmaker s spokesperson Parul Chawla told IANS.
Lajmi breathed her last here at a hospital where she was admitted in the intensive care unit since Tuesday due to kidney-related issues the spokesperson added.
The cremation will take place at 12.30 p.m. at the Oshiwara crematorium.
Lajmi had been undergoing dialysis for a couple of years and true to her indomitable spirit had said in an interview last year: "My kidneys have failed but I haven t."
She debuted as a feature film director with "Ek Pal". Her last directorial was "Chingaari" based on the novel "The Prostitute and the Postman" by the late Bhupen Hazarika her long-time companion.
Her memoir "Bhupen Hazarika: As I Knew Him" was launched earlier this month.
The filmmaker is survived by her brother and mother.

--IANS
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