Gita Sen, Om Puri's co-star from Benegal's National Award winning "Arohan", had breathed her last on 16th Jan 2017 leaving behind her husband Mrinal Sen.
The 86-year-old veteran actor was keeping very unwell in recent times.
Incidentally, it was Benegal himself who had cast her in "Arohan".
The film narrates the story of a poor farmer who suffers under a cunning and cruel landlord, amidst rising Naxalism in the 60s.
A month back, she had suffered cerebral hemorrhage, which robbed her power of speech and made her bed ridden.
She had acted in a number of films in character roles including 'Chorus', 'Calcutta 71', 'Kharij', 'Akaler Sandhane', 'Ekdin Pratidin' and 'Khandahar'.
