Bollywood’s Favourite Mom, Reema Lagoo Dies At 59 Of Cardiac Arrest
Reema Lagoo, veteran actor of film and TV, known for playing moms to big stars like Salman Khan and Shah Rukh Khan, has died at 59 of a cardiac arrest. Lagoo was admitted to the hospital late last night after she complained of chest pain, the hospital's Executive Director Ram Naraian. Reema Lagoo was born Nayan Khadbade in 1958. She was the daughter of a well-known Marathi actress and began acting herself after finishing school in Pune. She took the name Reema Lagoo after her marriage - she and her husband later separated but Ms Lagoo retained the name. Reema Lagoo's best-known roles were as mother to the stars - she played Salman's mother in Maine Pyar Kiya, Saajan and Hum Saath Saath Hain, Akshay's mother in Jai Kishen, Kajol's in Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, Shah Rukh Khan's in Kal Ho Na Ho, and Madhuri Dixit's in Hum Aapke Hain Koun. She played Sanjay Dutt's mother in Vaastav, in which her character kills her gangster son. Ms Lagoo won four Filmfare awards fo...