Amita Udgata

Some Lesser Known Facts About Amita Udgata

• Did Amita Udgata smoke?: Not Known

• Did Amita Udgata drink alcohol?: Not Known

• Amita started her acting career in 1965 as a theatre artist while she was doing her graduation from National School of Drama.

• Apart from acting, she had also directed plays for ‘Sahitya Kala Parishad’ events in Delhi.

• From 1979 to 1990, she worked for Delhi Doordarshan.

• She became a household name with her role as “Amma” in Star Plus’ show ‘Mann Ki Awaaz Pratigya.’ 

• She was also seen in films like Aishwarya Rai starrer ‘Sarbjit’ (2016), Parineeti Chopra–Sidharth Malhotra starrer ‘Hasee Toh Phasee’ (2014), and Konkona Sen Sharma starrer ‘Amu’ (2005).

• She was an ardent devotee of ‘Lord Shiva’ and ‘Shirdi Sai Baba.’

• She was an avid animal lover.

• She was fluent in various languages, such as- Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi, Oriya, Bengali, Haryanvi, Bhojpuri, and English.

• She was a good friend of TV actress Abha Parmar. 

• She used to consume tobacco.

• On 24 April 2018, she died of ‘lung failure’ in Mumbai’s CritiCare Hospital, where she was admitted for around 4 days ago and was on life support.

• She was last seen in Sony TV’s show ‘Kuch Rang Pyar Ke Aise Bhi.’