Shammi Aunty's Chautha at ISKCON: Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Jaya Bachchan and Aruna Irani Pay Their Respect!
Amitabh Bachchan had tweeted about Shammi Aunty's departure!
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Jaya Bachchan and Aruna Irani among many others attended Chautha of the veteran Bollywood actor Shammi, popularly known as Shammi Aunty. The even took place ISKCON in Juhu. The popular actor's demise saddened Amitabh Bachchan. He in fact had tweeted about Shammi Aunty's departure Big B had tweeted, “Shammi Aunty... prolific actress, years of contribution to the Industry, dear family friend... passes away ..!! A long suffered illness, age... Sad... slowly, slowly they all go away..."
And now the Ash and Jaya Bachchan attended Chautha of Shami Aunty. The 89 year old was seen in popular films like s Coolie No 1, Hum, Mardon Wali Baat, Gurudev, Gopi Kishan, Hum Saath-Saath Hain and Imtihaan to name a few. On TV front she was more popular for her comical roles in Dekh Bhai Dekh, Zaban Sambhal Ke and Filmi Chakkar.
Popularly called Shammi aunty, the actress was last seen in Boman Irani- Farah Khan starrer Shirin Farhad Ki Nikal Padi. Talking in an interview to TOI, she was quoted saying, “I want to continue acting. It's the only thing I know how to do. But movie offers had stopped coming for a while. I was doing television. But that too dwindled lately. So I was sitting idle. At my age to be workless is to be worthless. Lekin main aaj tak kabhi kissi se kaam maange nahin gayi (I never went to anyone to ask for work). Why should I do so now? I am happy getting what comes to me. And grateful to God, I still get work. It isn't a major role in Shirin Farhad, but it was great fun shooting the film."
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