Veteran Actress Seema Deo Dies At 83

New Delhi: Remember the affable Suman in the 1971 blockbuster Anand? Veteran actress Seema Deo, who played that part, died on Thursday at the age of 83. The wife of actor Ramesh Deo, she was battling Alzheimer’s. Among the most respected actresses in Marathi cinema, Seema Deo appeared in Bollywood films such as Rajesh Khanna and Amitabh Bachchan’s Anand, Jaya Bachchan and Vijay Anand’s Kora Kagaz and Jaya Bachchan and Sanjeev Kumar’s film Koshish. Her son, filmmaker Abhinay Deo confirmed the news of her death.

Speaking with Indian Express, Abhinay said, “Mom passed away earlier today. She was fine, she was suffering from Alzheimer’s, but otherwise she was fine.” He had first opened up about Seema’s Alzheimer’s in 2020. Taking to X, previously known as Twitter, Abhinay said, “My mother Shrimati Seema Deo, doyen of Marathi film industry, is suffering from Alzheimer’s. We, the entire Deo family, have been praying for her well being, wish whole of Maharashtra who loved her so much also pray for her well being.”