Television and film actress Leena Acharya breathed her last in Delhi on Saturday. She reportedly succumbed to kidney failure.
The piece of information was shared by her Seth Ji co-star Worship Khanna.
In an interaction with TOI, Khanna said,”The actress was suffering from kidney ailment for past one and half years. Her mother donated her kidney a while back, but she didn’t survive.”
He added, “I knew she had health issues in 2015. She was surviving on one kidney and working. She had suffered many health ailments in between and in past four months her health had deteriorated a lot. She was an experienced actor and I will remember her forever.”
Leena Acharya is a renowned name in television industry and garnered heaps of praises for her stint in the Bollywood film Hichki which starred Rani Mukerji in the lead role. She is also known for her work in TV serials like, Seth Ji, Aap Ke Aa Jane Se, Meri Hanikarak Biwi and Class of 2020 among others.
Mouring her demise, her Class of 2020 co-star Rohan Mehra took to Instagram stories to pay tribute. Sharing a picture with her, he wrote, ““Rest in peace @leena_acharya20 ma’am. Last year this time we were shooting for Class of 2020. Will miss you.”
Her close friend and actor Abhishek Gautam shared a Facebook post to remember her. “My good friend and a great artiste Leena Acharya, who would always stand up for others, bid goodbye to this world and I lost a good friend. You will always be missed my friend,” he said.
Leena’s shared her last Instagram post on November 3 when she dropped a selfie of herself dressed in a pink sari. Prior to this, she had shared a thoughtful quote about life and death in Hindi which read, “Chand saasein hi hain jo uda le jayengi aur isse zyada maut kya le jayegi (The death can take nothing except but a few breaths from me).”
