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Yash Chopra's wife and singer Pamela Chopra passes away

Mumbai: Noted playback singer Pamela Chopra – widow of film maker late Yash Chopra – passed away in Mumbai aged 74, the family sources said here on Thursday.

 

Pamela Chopra was ailing for a couple of weeks and was admitted to a private hospital for treatment where she breathed her last this morning, a Bollywood source said.

 

She is survived by her two sons – Aditya Chopra, film-maker who is married to actress Rani Mukherjee, and actor-producer Uday Chopra.

 

Her last rites was performed in Juhu cremation which was attended by family members and bollywood personalities .

 

The family requested “for privacy in this moment of deep sadness and reflection” and expressed gratitude to all for their prayers.

 

Pamela - was married in 1970 to Yash Chopra, the younger brother of the legendary film-maker B. R. Chopra, a Dadasaheb Phalke Awardee.

 

Yash Chopra, also a Dadasaheb Phalke Award laureate, passed away in Mumbai in Oct. 2012, aged 80, due to Dengue.

 

Singing in Hindi and Punjabi after marriage, Pamela Chopra is remembered for several popular numbers like the vivacious “Main sasural nahin jaoongi” (Chandni – 1989), folk song “Banno ki aayegi baraat” (Aaina – 1993), “Ghar aaja pardesi” (Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge – 1995), sad number “Surkh jode ki ye jagmagahat” (Kabhie Kabhie – 1976), a courtesan song "Idhar aa sitamgar" (Sawaal - 1982), a qawwali “Aashiq ho to aisa ho” and the sombre “Uske khel nirale” (both, Noorie – 1979), “Ja re behna ja” (Trishul – 1978). (UNI)



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