The celebrated fashion designer, known for designing ethnic menswear for famous Bollywood stars, Sharbari Dutta, was found dead at her Kolkata residence on Friday.
According to a report by Times now, the 63-year-old woman was found unconscious in the bathroom of her residence on South Kolkata Broad Street. Your post-mortem exam will likely take place today.
While Dutta’s family claims the late fashion mogul had no chronic ailments, as a preliminary investigation by Kolkata police officers, it appears that he died of sudden cardiac arrest. Times now reported.
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Dutta broke fashion stereotypes by designing men’s accessories.
News of Dutta’s tragic disappearance shocked the entertainment industry and fashion fraternity with several bigwigs condoning the 63-year-old’s disappearance.
Film actress Rachna Banerjee and host of the popular game show ‘Didi No. 1’ shared a very strong bond with her. Rachna had endorsed Sharbari designs several times and used to regard Sharbari as her older sister. Rachna took to her social media account and wrote, “I can’t believe you don’t exist anymore.”
Dutta, one of the hottest names in the fashion industry, had sparked a revolution in the way the world viewed ethnic men’s clothing. From the styling of the current Prime Minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan, to the cricket menstro Sachin Tendulkar, his ethnic fusion designs changed men’s ethnic clothing for the better.
Dutta, a popular name in the fashion industry, introduced the colorful Bengali dhotis and Punjabi designer kurtas with embroidery to the world of mainstream fashion.
Daughter of Bengali poet Ajit Datta, Sharbari Datta graduated from Presidency College and earned her Master’s degree from Calcutta University. In her student days, she participated in various dance dramas.
Dutta broke fashion stereotypes by designing men’s accessories. Recently, it had also launched a range of men’s diamond accessories.
Famous Deaths of 2019: India Lost Sushma-Jaitley, Kushal Punjabi, CCD Boss
The final goodbye
2019 has left a void in our hearts.
From Bollywood veterans and Hollywood celebrities to political stalwarts, we lost multiple personalities over the course of a year.
While big names like politicians Arun Jaitley, Sushma Swaraj, and fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld lost their lives after battling prolonged illnesses, others like businessman VG Siddhartha and actor Kushal Punjabi succumbed to their mental health problems.
Here’s a look at all the influential figures we said goodbye to this year, but who remain in our hearts.
Kushal Punjabi
2019 ended on a sad note after news broke of television star Kushal Punjabi’s suicide. The 37-year-old actor, best known for his appearances in films such as ‘Lakshya’, ‘Andaz’ and ‘Kaal’, was found hanging at his Mumbai residence on December 27.
The actor who was last seen on the popular television series ‘Ishq Mein Marjawan’ left a one-and-a-half page suicide note, specifying that no one should be held responsible for his death. In his letter, he wrote that 50 percent of his property should be distributed equally between his parents and his sister, while the remaining 50 percent would be given to his three-year-old son Kian.
Punjabi began her career as a dancer and model. She was featured in various music videos such as ‘Pehla Nasha’ (remix) and DJ Aqeel’s recreation of ‘Kehdoon Tumhen’.
Dr. Shreeram Lagoo
The year saw many veterans say goodbye for the last time, and one of them was Dr. Shreeram Lagoo, a veteran Marathi film and theater stalwart. The prolific artist character, who appeared in numerous Bollywood movies, passed away after cardiac arrest at his Pune residence on December 17 at the age of 92.
He was a trained ear, nose and throat surgeon by profession, but he followed his passion for acting and theater. He played an important role in the growth of the theater movement in Maharashtra in the post-Independence era alongside Vijay Tendulkar, Vijaya Mehta, and Arvind Deshpande.
He is known for his roles in Marathi plays such as ‘Natsamrat’ and ‘Himalayachi Saoli’, and V Shantaram’s ‘Pinjra’ made him popular.
In Bollywood, Lagoo rehearsed memorable roles in films such as ‘Ek Din Achanak’, ‘Gharonda’, ‘Muqaddar Ka Sikandar’ and ‘Laawaris’. She played Gopal Krishna Gokhale in Richard Attenborough’s ‘Gandhi’.
Gary rhodes
Celebrity chef Gary Rhodes, who put British cuisine on the map, passed away from a head injury after collapsing at his Dubai home at the age of 59 on November 26. His family confirmed that after a nice meal with the family, he suddenly collapsed and died due to subdural hematoma, bleeding between the skull and the brain.
The chef, who earned his first Michelin star at age 26, was known for introducing the culture of gastropub to the world. He was also seen on popular international shows like ‘MasterChef’ and ‘Hell’s Kitchen’.
Shaukat Kaifi Azmi
The disappearance of veteran actor Shaukat Kaifi Azmi was a loss to Indian theater and film. Shabana Azmi’s mother, who was last seen in Shaadi Ali’s ‘Saathiya’, passed away on November 22 in the early 1990s due to age-related ailments in Mumbai.
The stage actress, along with her husband and celebrated Urdu poet and film lyricist Kaifi Azmi, was a leading light of the Indian People’s Theater Association and the Association of Progressive Writers, which were the cultural platforms of the Communist Party of the India.
She was also seen in such films as ‘Bazaar’, ‘Umrao Jaan’ and Mira Nair’s Oscar nominated film ‘Salaam Bombay!’.
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