Making a remarkable journey Daljeet Kaur performed in 10 Hindi films and 70 Punjabi films...
Digital Desk: Daljeet Kaur, a veteran Punjabi actress, died on Thursday in Ludhiana after a protracted illness. She was 69 years old.
She was diagnosed with a neurological condition and moved to Ludhiana from Mumbai about 12 years ago. For the previous few years, she had been living with her cousin Harjinder Singh Khangura in Ludhiana's Gurusar Sudhar neighbourhood. According to family members, had been in a coma for the previous year.
Kaur appeared in ten Hindi films and seventy Punjabi films, including 'Putt Jattan De' (1983), 'Mamla Garbar Hai' (1983), 'Ki Banu Duniya Da' (1986), 'Patola' (1988), and 'Saida Jogan' (1979).
Kaur was born in 1953 in Siliguri, West Bengal, to a business family from Aitiana village in Ludhiana.
Daljeet graduated from Lady Shri Ram College for Women in Delhi and went on to study acting at the Film and Television Institute of India in Pune. She was also a hockey and kabaddi player.
She made her film debut in 1976 with the Punjabi film "Daaj" and has never looked back. Kaur quit the film profession after her husband, Harminder Singh Deol, was killed in a car accident. She returned to the film industry in 2001 and appeared in several films, including "Singh vs. Kaur."
Tarlochan Singh, an actor and director, stated that Kaur's contribution to Punjabi cinema will be remembered forever.
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