Fashion designer Sharbari Dutta suffers stroke, dies at 63 in Kolkata

The doctors diagnosed stroke as the reason for her death but sent the body for a post-mortem examination as it was found in the washroom, family sources said.

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The daughter of Bengali poet Ajit Dutta, she showed her prowess in fashion designing after passing out from college and made her mark in designing men’s ethnic wear. Her label became popular for her unique blend of ethnicity with modernity in fabric and vibrancy in colour, changing the notion that men don’t have much sartorial choices.

 

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Later, Dutta set up her own brand Shunyaa which has its outlets in Kolkata. She dabbled into women’s wear and was a known face in fashion shows organised in the city.

The news of her death was greeted with shock by the showbiz fraternity.

Singers Parama Banerjee and Ujjaini Mukherjee, actors Srabonty Chatterjee, Rukmini Moitra and Pujarini Ghosh, theatre personality-director Debesh Chatterjee expressed grief and shock on social media.

“RIP Sharbari Dutta. Gone too soon,” said one of the posts.

Sharbari Dutta is survived by her fashion designer son Amalin Dutta.