Veteran actor Geeta Kapoor has passed away in Mumbai at 57.

Confirming the news Producer Ashoke Pandit told a leading daily, “Geeta ji finally passed away, we tried our level best to care for her, but she finally gave up. She kept waiting for her children for last one full year, but no one came to meet her. Only last Saturday we had arranged a grand breakfast to cheer her up, she was okay too, but she was not happy from inside, as she wanted to see her children one last time. She had a natural death as she was not keeping well because of her age, she passed away today, around 9.00 AM.”

Pandit also tweeted about the same. He mentioned in a tweet,

“Standing besides the dead body of Actress #GeetaKapoor 57 who was abandoned by her kids in #SRVHospital a year back breathed her last at a suburban Old age home today morning. We tried our best to keep her healthy but her wait for her Son&daughter made her weaker day by day. #RIP”

#LateActressGeetaKapoors friends at the Old Age Home bidding her final Good bye. They all were in tears and under shock. Better than her own kids who abandoned her. An unforgettable & heart wrenching experience of mine. #RIP. pic.twitter.com/Spi14ikJBk

— Ashoke Pandit (@ashokepandit) May 26, 2018

The filmmaker thanked producer Ramesh Taurani for his support.

Thank U @RameshTaurani ji for being a strong support through it all.

— Ashoke Pandit (@ashokepandit) May 26, 2018

Her body will be kept at Cooper Hospital Vileparle for two days hoping her Children to come and atleast do the last rites Otherwise We wl do our best to bid her a dignified good bye.. Thank U #DrTripathi SRV Hospital @MumbaiPolice #JivanAshaoldHome for being a great help. #RIP pic.twitter.com/ZsH48xPg5a

— Ashoke Pandit (@ashokepandit) May 26, 2018

Standing besides the dead body of Actress #GeetaKapoor 57 who was abandoned by her kids in #SRVHospital a year back breathed her last at a suburban Old age home today morning. We tried our best to keep her healthy but her wait for her Son&daughter made her weaker day by day. #RIP pic.twitter.com/yCChdzeSEt

— Ashoke Pandit (@ashokepandit) May 26, 2018

The late veteran actor had worked in over one hundred films with a major role in Kamal Amrohi’s Pakeezah where she played Rajkumar’s second wife. Her daughter, Pooja, and son had apparently abandoned her last year, and never returned to check on her.