New Delhi:
Madhura Jasraj, the spouse of the late legendary classical vocalist Pandit Jasraj, died on Wednesday on account of age-related illnesses. She was 86. She died at her residence in Versova, Mumbai, reported information company ANI. She is survived by her daughter Durga Jasraj, son Sharang Dev, and grandchildren. Madhura Jasraj’s funeral can be held on the Oshiwara crematorium in Mumbai at 4 pm on Wednesday. Daughter of famend filmmaker V Shantaram, Madhura Jasraj was raised in an surroundings filled with inventive affect together with her sister Kiran Shantaram. She bought married to Pandit Jasraj in 1962 and shared two kids with him.
In an interview, Pandit Jasraj recalled his first encounter with Madhura, which passed off in 1954. He had talked about that somebody had advised him to speak to her because it may get him launched to her father, who was filming Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baje on the time. “We met briefly and, until 1960, I met her every time I carried out in Mumbai. In any other case, we weren’t in contact because the cellphone was an costly possibility and since I hardly attended college, writing letters was not for me. In 1960, I stayed in Mumbai for a month, throughout which era we fell in love. In the meantime, Madhura’s father made enquiries about me, suspecting that I used to be already married,” Pandit Jasraj told Times Of India.
On the work entrance, Madhura Jasraj directed movies comparable to Sangeet Martand Pandit Jasraj (2009) and Aai Tuza Ashirwad (2010), the place she labored with well-known artists, together with Lata Mangeshkar. Along with route, Madhura Jasraj additionally wrote a biography of her husband, Pandit Jasraj, detailing his outstanding profession as a classical vocalist with the Mewati gharana. She additionally wrote the biographies of her father, V Shantaram: The Man Who Modified Indian Cinema (in English) and Shantarama (in Marathi).
Madhura Jasraj’s husband, Pandit Jasraj, died on the age of 90 in 2020 after struggling a cardiac arrest. A musician with a profession spanning greater than eight many years, Pandit Jasraj was honoured with quite a few accolades and awards, together with Padma Shri, Padma Bhushan, and Padma Vibhushan, acknowledging his providers to Indian music.