Veteran Kannada actress Jayanti passes away due to an asthma attack

Veteran Kannada actress Jayanti left for a heavenly abode this morning in Bengaluru, when she took her last breath. The actress was 76 years old and suffering from asthma. She was admitted to the hospital a couple of weeks back after she complained of breathlessness. She was an asthmatic from the past 35 years and passed away fighting from the same. Confirming the news, her son Krishna Kumar said that she passed away in her sleep in a private hospital in Bengaluru.

The late actress was very versatile and had worked in several films, all of which received a lot of love from the audience as well as the critics. She had also won the Filmfare Award for Best Actress two times for Edakallu Guddada Mele in 1974 and Thulasi in 1977.