MUMBAI: Exponent of Tagore songs, Gita Ghatak, who played a leading role in Ritwik Ghatak's award-winning film 'Meghe Dhaka Tara', died after a protracted illness here today.
She was 78 and is survived by her daughter, says a PTI report.
In 2002, Meghe Dhaka Tara was ranked at #231 on the Sight & Sound critics' and directors' poll for all-time greatest films.
Gita, who had her primary lessons in Tagore songs from celebrated artists like Santidev Ghosh and Indira Debi Choudhurani, had a brief stint in Indian classical music too in her long 65 years of music career.
She was closely associated with the All India Radio, Kolkata