<div>Veteran theatre and film actor Sulabha Deshpande, who had acted in numerous Marathi and Hindi films, died at her Mumbai residence today after a prolonged illness, family sources said.<br /><br />She was 79. Apart from acting in the plays written by acclaimed playwrights such as Vijay Tendulkar, Deshpande featured in several Marathi and Hindi films and TV serials.<br /><br />In Hindi, the noteworthy films in which she appeared included "Bhumika" (1977), "Arvind Desai Ki Ajeeb Dastaan" (1978) and "Gaman" (1978). In recent years, she had appeared in Gauri Shinde-directed "English-Vinglish".<br /><br />She was associated with "Rangayan", a pioneering Marathi experimental theatre group, alongwith Tendulkar, Vijaya Mehta, and Satyadev Dubey.<br /><br />In 1971 she co-founded the theatre group `Awishkar' with her husband Arvind Deshpande (who died in 1987). <br /></div>
<div>Veteran theatre and film actor Sulabha Deshpande, who had acted in numerous Marathi and Hindi films, died at her Mumbai residence today after a prolonged illness, family sources said.<br /><br />She was 79. Apart from acting in the plays written by acclaimed playwrights such as Vijay Tendulkar, Deshpande featured in several Marathi and Hindi films and TV serials.<br /><br />In Hindi, the noteworthy films in which she appeared included "Bhumika" (1977), "Arvind Desai Ki Ajeeb Dastaan" (1978) and "Gaman" (1978). In recent years, she had appeared in Gauri Shinde-directed "English-Vinglish".<br /><br />She was associated with "Rangayan", a pioneering Marathi experimental theatre group, alongwith Tendulkar, Vijaya Mehta, and Satyadev Dubey.<br /><br />In 1971 she co-founded the theatre group `Awishkar' with her husband Arvind Deshpande (who died in 1987). <br /></div>