Veteran actor Tabassum dies of cardiac arrest

November 19, 2022 19:10

Veteran actor Tabassum, known for her work as a child artiste and also as host of popular Doordarshan talk show Phool Khile Hain Gulshan Gulshan, has died after suffering a cardiac arrest, her son Hoshang Govil said on Saturday. She was in her 70s.

"A few days ago, she was admitted to a hospital. She had gastro problem and we went there for check-up. She suffered two cardiac attacks at 8.40 pm and 8.42 pm. She passed away peacefully on Friday night," Hoshang told PTI.

As a child artist, Tabassum was known as Baby Tabassum and starred in movies such as Nargis, Mera Suhaag, Manjhdhar and Bari Behen in the late 1940s.

She hosted the celebrity talk show Phool Khile Hain Gulshan Gulshan from 1972 to 1993 on Doordarshan. -- PTI

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