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Bollywood veterans, fans and family bid a tearful adieu to yesteryear actress Nanda, who was cremated at suburban Oshiwara on Wednesday (March 25). (Photo: Varinder Chawla)
Nanda's family members, relatives and several Bollywood personalities were present at the last rites held at Oshiwara electric crematorium. (Photo: Varinder Chawla)
Veteran actress Shashikala arrives for the funeral.
The yesteryear Bollywood star (75), who lit the cinema screens in the 1960s and early 70s with her stellar performances in 'Hum Dono', 'Gumnaam' and 'Jab Jab Phool Khile', died following a massive heart attack. (Photo: Varinder Chawla)
Her friends from the industry Asha Parekh, Waheeda Rehman, Shabana Azmi, Salim Khan, Ketan Desai, Tabassum pay tributes.
Seen here Tabassum arrives with a family member at Nanda's funeral. (Photo: Varinder Chawla)
Bollywood superstar Salman Khan's father and writer Salim Khan was also present at the funeral. (Photo: Varinder Chawla)
Salman Khan's mother Salma arrives with daughter Alvira Agnihotri. (Photo: Varinder Chawla)
Actress Talluri Rameshwari at the funeral.
Nanda was briefly engaged to director Manmohan Desai before he died in 1994 and remained unmarried ever since. (Photo: Varinder Chawla)
Tina Ghai at the funeral.
Born to Marathi film actor-director Vinayak Damodar Karnataki, Nanda began her silver screen career early as a child artist with 'Jaggu' in the 50s. (Photo: Varinder Chawla)
The actress, who excelled equally in playing a coy Indian beauty as well as roles with modern sensibilities, paired up with many stars onscreen including Ashok Kumar, Kishore Kumar, Dev Anand, Rajesh Khanna and Shashi Kapoor. (Photo: Varinder Chawla)
