Actor and singer Shakti Thakur passed away on Monday morning after suffering a massive cardiac arrest.
The news broke after his elder daughter Mehuli Goswami Thakur made the announcement through a Facebook post.
“My father…. no more… no more. Massive cardiac arrest….. Gone in a few hours…. My father….. Couldn’t do anything……,” she wrote.
“I had forgotten that parents leave one day…. I have never been to the cemetery before…. Today was a first…… a life without my father today onwards…….. Have you never committed any sin father?….. Otherwise who leaves in just two hours of notice saying, “I can’t take it anymore”…… I would scold you so much for rushing at everything…… Even today, who rushes at bidding goodbye, father?…..I am your carbon copy…. Even I will go away in haste like you did……… If I could write the pain, I would have been able to breathe,” she wrote.
Shakti Thakur worked as an actor and playback singer in the Bengali and Hindi film industries. He debuted as a playback singer with the 1960 release Ratan Lal Bangali. With a career spanning over 30 years, he is known for Lakhon Ki Baat (1984), Sujan Sakhi (1995), and Surer Aakashe (1988). He has shared screen space with veteran actors like Utpal Dutt and Bikash Roy.
His younger daughter and National Award winning singer cum actor Monali Thakur, who made her musical debut with two hit numbers in Race (2008), is stranded in Switzerland due to the Covid-19-related pandemic.
According to Bengali daily Anandabazaar Patrika, prior to his career in showbiz, Shakti Thakur worked as a school teacher and had a penchant for mathematics. He got his first big break as a playback singer with director Tapan Sinha’s 1976 Bengali film Harmonium. He has worked with Hemanta Mukhopadhyay and Tarun Majumdar as well.
The Times of India reported that the veteran actor cum singer was unwell as he was suffering from multiple age-related ailments.
Shakti Thakur is survived by his wife and two daughters.
