Veteran Dancer Arati Das, Better Known As Miss Shefali, Dies At 76

Kolkata:

Veteran dancer and actress Arati Das, popularly referred to as ‘Miss Shefali’,’ died of cardiac arrest at her Sodepur place of abode in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district on Thursday, circle of relatives resources stated, reported information company PTI. She was once 76. Arati Das, sometimes called the ‘Queen of Cabaret,’ was once a sensation within the 60s and 70s for her superlative dancing abilities and oomph. “Pisi (aunt) died at 6 am on Thursday. She complained of chest ache and uneasiness and physician declared that she died of cardiac arrest,” Elvin Shefali, niece of Arati Das informed PTI. Arati, who had worked with legendary film director Satyajit Ray in classics like Pratidwandi and Seemabaddha, was once affected by kidney ailment for moderately a while, the resources stated, reported PTI.

Arati Das had made her movie debut in Chowringhee. But even so, motion pictures, she additionally acted in different degree performs. Her well-known performs come with Samrat O Sundari, Saheb Bibi Golam and Ashlil.

Her autobiography Sandhya Rater Shefali was once printed just lately. West Bengal Leader Minister Mamata Banerjee expressed her grief over the death of Arati Das. She prolonged her condolences to the dancer’s members of the family and kinfolk. “Saddened on the passing away of actress Arati Das, well-known beneath her display title, Miss Shefali. She seemed in two of Satyajit Ray’s motion pictures, Pratidwandi and Seemabaddha. Condolences to her circle of relatives and her admirers,” the executive minister tweeted.

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