Noted painter Lalitha Lajmi passes away

Noted painter Lalitha Lajmi passes away

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Category : Obituaries Published on: February 16 2023

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  • Noted painter Lalitha Lajmi passed away at the age of 90. 
  • She was sister of late actor-filmmaker Guru Dutt.
  • Lalitha Lajmi was born to a poet father and a poly-linguist writer mother in Kolkata in 1932.
  • She found her calling in painting. An unparalleled water-colourist, through her works she narrates a layered history of the modern Indian woman in the decades that followed Independence.
  • She has held several exhibitions in international art galleries in Paris, London and the Netherlands.
  • Lalita made a small appearance in the 2007 film Taare Zameen Par, starring Aamir Khan, in which she played an art teacher.
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