Veteran actress Rita Bhaduri who was currently seen as the grandmother in Star Bharat's 'Nimki Mukhiya' died today morning. She was aged 62. Shishir Sharma took to Facebook to inform about her demise. He wrote, "We deeply regret to inform you that Reeta Bhaduri has departed for her journey beyond. The funeral rites will be held on 17th July, Tuesday 12 noon at the Cremation Ground, Parsi Wada Road, Parshiwada, Chakala, Andheri East. Extremely sad.. lost a wonderful human being .. a mother to many of us.. will miss u Ma..."

Reports suggest that Rita Bhaduri was suffering from a kidney ailment and was admitted to the hospital from the past 10 days.

In her lifelong acting career, Rita Bhaduri had worked in 70 films namely 'Beta', 'Dil Vil Pyar Vyar', 'Julie'. She has acted in several popular TV serials like 'Kumkum', 'Khichdi', 'Sarabhai vs Sarabhai', 'Choti Bahu'.

Earlier, actor Amit Behl had confirmed that the actor was admitted in Mumbai's Sujay hospital for many days and was getting support from CINTAA members. She was from the 1973 batch of the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Pune and her batch included actress, Zarina Wahab.

We express the deepest condolence to the late actress.