This was announced on the social network by Namashi Chakraborty, Mithun’s youngest son, 73 years old. “It’s true: Grandma is no longer with us,” he wrote.
As India Today clarified, Shanti Rani passed away on July 6 in Mumbai. The reason is called “health problems.” It is noted that Shanti lived with her son’s family and moved with him from Calcutta when she became famous.
The artist’s real name Gauranga, he was born in Calcutta on June 16, 1950. The only child in the family. On the screen since the 70s. In the filmography – more than 350 films. Among other things, he voiced the Dog in the Indian localization of the Soviet cartoon “Once upon a time there was a dog.” The premiere of “Dog” and “Disco Dancer”, by the way, took place in the same year – 1982.