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Senegalese singer and songwriter Ruma Guha Thakurta died Monday as a result of age-related problems, causing people to remember her for the legacy she left and to cry the loss.
Ruma Guha died at home in Kolkata. She was 84 years old.
Founder of the Calcutta Youth Choir (CYC), who played a role in popularizing Gana Sangeet or mbad songs in Bengal, she has shown her talent in a number of Hindi and Bengali films with directors famous such as Satyajit Ray. Tapan Sinha and Tarun Majumdar.
Mamata Banerjee, Chief Minister of West Bengal, went to Twitter to mourn. Several videos on the Internet showed that the politician also went to her home to pay tribute to her.
"saddened by the pbading of Ruma Guha Thakurta, will always remember his contribution to the field of cinema and music, and my condolences to his family and admirers," tweeted Banerjee.
Born Ruma Ghosh in Kolkata in 1934, she married in 1951 the legendary singer Kishore Kumar. The only child of the couple, Amit Kumar, is born next year. The couple divorced in 1958 and that year, Ruma Guha formed the CYC with composer Salil Chowdhury and Ray.
The choir has successfully translated the Bengali translations of popular folk songs of various languages. Their records have been honed by music lovers.
In 1974, CYC, under his direction, won first prize at the Copenhagen Youth Festival. After her divorce from Kishore Kumar, she married Arup Guha Thakurta. They have a son Ayan and a girl Sromona, a famous singer.
"My sincere condolences for the pbading of veteran actress Ruma Guha Thakurta, may his soul rest in peace," tweeted actress Arpita Chatterjee.
Rituparna Sengupta also published: "saddened by the news of the death of prominent actress Ruma Guha Thakurta.More sincere condolences.It rest in peace."
The singer Rekha Bhardwaj also expressed her condolences and prayed for her soul.
Politician Madan Mitra tweeted: "Really saddened by the death of the very talented and enigmatic Ruma Guha Thakurta, founder of the Calcutta Youth Choir, Kishore Kumar's first wife and Amit Kumar's mother. My sincere condolences, his family and his friends. "
Another politician, Partha Chatterjee, said, "The founder of Calcutta Youth Choir and a famous actress, Ruma Guha Thakurta, who pbaded away today, we are at the end of an era. His creative genius will remain forever, My condolences to his family, May his soul rest in peace. "
Ruma Guha shot several films including Lukochuri, Tin Kanya (directed by Ray), Baksho Badal and Amitra Kumbher Sandhane .
Starting from the Hindi film Jwar Bhata in 1944, she starred in Mashaal, Afsar and Rag Rang in Bollywood, before moving to films in Bengali with The Clbadic of Ganga by Rajen Tarafdar in 1952.
Under the direction of Ray, Ruma Guha starred in Abhijaan and Ganasahtru while playing leading roles in three of Sinha's films Nirjan Saikate, Khaniker Atithi Wheelchair .
Majumdar led in Polatak, Balika Bodhu and the evergreen comedy Dadar Kirti . She also played in the first venture of the director of Aparna Sen 36 Chowringhee Lane .
In 2006, she starred in the British film Mira Nair The Namesake her latest film.
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