Lata Mangeshkar remembers late actress Nimmi: Maine unke liye pehli baar 1949 mein gaaya

Lata Mangeshkar took to Twitter to remember veteran actress Nimmi, who passed away Wednesday evening.

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Lata Mangeshkar remembers late actress Nimmi: Maine unke liye pehli baar 1949 mein gaaya
Nimmi and Lata Mangeshkar.

Many Bollywood celebrities took to social media to pay tribute to veteran actress Nimmi. She breathed her last on Wednesday evening in Mumbai.

Lata Mangeshkar too remembered the actress and wrote on Twitter, "Mashhoor abhinetri Nimmi ji ke nidhan ki baat sunke mujhe bahut dukh hua. Humne saath mein bahut kaam kiya. Maine unke liye pehli baar Raj Kapoor ji ki film Barsat mein 1949 mein gaya. Wo ek bahut acche swabhav ki mahila thi. Main unko vinamra shraddhanjali arpan karti hun."

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Saira Banu also wrote a few lines for the late actress on Dilip Kumar's Twitter account. She wrote, "Mashhoor abhinetri Nimmi ji ke nidhan ki baat sunke mujhe bahut dukh hua. Humne saath mein bahut kaam kiya. Maine unke liye pehli baar Raj Kapoor ji ki film Barsat mein 1949 mein gaya. Wo ek bahut acche swabhav ki mahila thi. Main unko vinamra shraddhanjali arpan karti hun."

Rishi Kapoor shared a photo of Nimmi and wrote, "RIP. Thank you Nimmi aunty for all the blessings and love for Bobby on its premiere release. You were part of the RK family. Barsaat was your first film. Allha aapko Jannat naseeb kare. Ameen."

Nimmi was known for films like Aan, Barsaat and Deedar. She was 88 years old.

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