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Veteran actress Rita Bhaduri, 65, who has been a part of the Indian entertainment industry for over three decades, passed away Tuesday morning. The funeral rites will be held today. Rita was at the Sujay Hospital in Vile Parle. She was fighting a weak kidney and was on dialysis. "She died at around 1.30 a.m. and her family members took her body from the hospital at around 4 a.m.," the source told IANS. Actor Shishir Sharma took to Facebook to share the sad news, "We deeply regret to inform you that Reeta Bhaduri has departed for her journey beyond. The funeral rites will be held on 17th July, Tuesday 12 noon at the Cremation Ground, Parsi Wada Road, Parshiwada, Chakala, Andheri East. Extremely sad.. lost a wonderful human being .. a mother to many of us.. will miss u Ma..." With a career spanning over five decades, Rita played important supporting parts in movies like Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa, Kya Kehna, Dil Vil Pyar Vyar and Main Madhuri Dixit Banna Chahti Hoon. She also featured in Gujarati movies. On the TV front, her credits include popular shows like Hasratein, Sarabhai vs Sarabhai, Khichdi, Ek Nayi Pehchaan, Amanat, Ek Mahal Ho Sapnon Ka and Kumkum. She was particularly popular for playing roles of a mother or grandmother. In Nimki Mukhiya, she was seen as a Imarti Devi, the grandmother of the house. Zama Habib, producer and writer of Nimki Mukhiya, said that somehow he knew it was going to happen. "We were at the hospital last night. Her condition was not good. We have cancelled today's shoot due to her demise," Habib told IANS. What's going to happen to her character? "The last time she shot for the show was almost 15 days back. We were waiting for her to recover. Today is her funeral. We will see what can be done," said Habib, who described her as a gem of a person. Actress Shiwani Chakraborty of Nimki Mukhiya said, "For the past two months, she was not keeping well. I will really miss her. More than a co-actor, she was a great human being. I learnt a lot of things from her. She was just like a family member to me." Actress Garima Singh, who played her daughter-in-law in the show, said, "We used to share the shame room. So we used to talk about lots of things. She was a very positive person." May her soul rest in peace!