Manju Singh passes away at 73

New Delhi: Veteran actor and television producer Manju Singh passed away due to cardiac arrest on Thursday. Her family members told the media about her demise on Saturday, April 16, 2022. She was 73 years old.

Manju Singh was one of the pioneers of the Indian television industry who had produced shows like Swaraj, Ek Kahani, and Show Time, among others.

She began working as a television producer in 1983 with Show Time and highlighted national, social, and cultural issues on her shows. The show Ek Kahani was based on literary short stories from regional languages, Adhikar was based on women’s legal rights, and Samyaktva: True Insight was based on Spirituality.

Fondly called Didi, she had anchored a children’s show Khel Khilone that ran for seven years. She had also appeared in Hrishikesh Mukherjee’s Golmaal.

Lyricist, singer, and screenwriter Swanand Kirkire took to Twitter and paid tribute to Singh. “Manju Ji brought me from Delhi to Mumbai to write her show Swaraj for Doordarshan!” he tweeted.

Singh received recognition for her contribution to the field of creative arts and education in 2015. She was nominated as a member of the Central Advisory Board of Education (CABE) by the government of India.

(Avya Mathur)