Sujata Kumar,
sister of Suchitra Krishnamoorthi (separated wife of Shekhar Kapur), is
critical in Lilavati Hospital (Bandra). The actress who made a very impressive
comeback in Sridevi starrer English Vinglish, playing her sister, is down with
metastatic cancer (metastasis) in 4th stage and multiple organ failure.
Well, she was
termed as a cancer survivor when she gave interviews in September 2012, when
English Vinglish was about to hit theatres. It is clear that the Big C has
resurfaced. What a tragedy. The lady was so happy, then. The ailing
actress-model, who has also done quite a bit of TV, had categorically said in
one of her interviews, six years ago, “I didn’t have any creditable role under
my belt; at least not until Gauri (Shinde, director) offered me the film. My
earlier projects are not worthy of mention and where I had meaty roles the film
flopped miserably.
Sujata Kumar And Suchitra Krishnamoorthi
Post English
Vinglish, her happiness multiplied when she made a mark in Krishika Lulla and Aanand L Rai's
Raanjhanaa (2013) followed by Karan Johar's Gori Tere Pyar Mein (2013). Prior
to Shinde's film, her TV projects included Hotel Kingston On Star One and
Bombay Talking on Zee Cafe--- but after that she was seen as Megha Singhania in
Anil Kapoor's 24 on Colors.
SpotboyE.com has
it that Sujata is extremely critical, as evident from a Facebook post that
Suchitra put out this morning.
Snapshot Of The FB Post
Sujata is all
praise for Sridevi. In one of her promotional campaign interviews of English
Vinglish, she had told a section of the media: Sridevi is a great human being.
She is a sweetheart. I am so proud that I played her elder sister. We are not
blood sisters but there was a great rapport between us. I found her very down
to earth and we bonded well."
Bollywood has
been hit with two cancers in recent past--- Irrfan Khan and Sonali Bendre.
Irrfan Khan And Sonali Bendre
It has become
pretty grim in life in general for all of us and you and I don't know what lies
in store for us tomorrow. It was always like that but we cannot deny that
the uncertainty has precipitated and what ails is that instead of
becoming better individuals we are running on some undefined (mind you, sinful)
track. The situation calls for more consideration but instead we are at each
other's throat--- trying to intrude where we should not, trying to run each
other down, trying to take away each other's right, trying to usurp each
other's property, trying to divide the society and create differences amongst
us, trying to prove brownie points over our counterparts even if that amounts
to harming anyone below the belt. I can go on... but who will bell the cat?
Suchitra Krishnamoorthi
Coming back to
Sujata, Suchitra is constantly by her side. At the time of going online, she
was feeling extremely low, devastated to be precise. We join Suchitra in her
prayers.
What is
Metastatic Cancer?
Metastatic cancer is serious because of its ability to
spread in the body. Cancer cells can spread locally by moving into nearby
normal tissue. Cancer can also spread regionally, to nearby lymph nodes,
tissues, or organs. And it can spread to distant parts of the body. When this
happens, it is called metastatic cancer. For many types of cancer, it is also
called stage IV (four) cancer. The process by which cancer cells spread to
other parts of the body is called metastasis