Priya Marathe’s sudden demise at the age of 38, shook the entire nation. People are mourning the demise of their favourite actress, who has played significant roles in Hindi television as well as Marathi shows. According to reports, Priya Marathe passed away after a long battle with cancer. Her co-star, Subodh Bhave, revealed that Priya’s cancer relapsed while she was working on a Marathi show.
Subodh Bhave penned a heartfelt note for Priya Marathe and revealed her struggle with cancer
Priya Marathe never talked struggling with health in her interviews. She kept her battle with cancer extremely private. One of her long-time co-actor and a close friend, Subodh Bhave penned a heartfelt tribute. He shared that their bond was more than just co-actors. Priya was his cousin sister. He wrote:
“Priya Marathe, A great actress, some of my co-star in series and movies. But for me, the relationship was more important with her. Priya my cousin sister. The hard work she took after coming to this field, her faith in work was very commendable. She played every role with great heart and harmony.”
Subodh added that Priya was diagnosed with cancer a few years ago. However, she gave a tough fight to it, and soon re-started her work. He claimed that it relapsed while she was shooting for the show, Tu Metshi Navane. Subodh even went on to praise her husband, Shantanu Moghe, who stood with her. He concluded the note by writing:
“She was diagnosed with cancer a few years ago. Fighting with it she started working again. She again went in front of the audience with her simply beautiful acting through the drama, serial. But that cancer didn’t leave her back. Once again her trouble jumped during our series “Tu Metshi Navane”. Her partner throughout this journey @shantanusmoghe was strongly with her. My sister was a fighter, But finally her strength fell short. A heartfelt tribute to you Priya I pray that you find peace wherever you are Om Shanti.”
Priya Marathe’s co-star, Usha Nadkarni reacted to the actress’ death
Priya Marathe’s co-star, Usha Nadkarni, expressed her disbelief at her death at the age of 38. In an interview with SCREEN, Usha revealed that Priya had undergone an operation, despite which she had worked on a serial and didn’t disclose any details about it to the world. Usha revealed that she wanted to meet Priya when she got to know her health had deteriorated, but her husband, Shantanu, refused to let them meet her as she would feel embarrassed as she had lost all her hair due to Ganpati. She was quoted as saying:
“I’d heard that she had cancer. I felt bad because is this even the age to get cancer. Then she had an operation, and even worked on a serial after that. Everything went well. Then I recently learned that she’s not doing well. So we thought of visiting her But her husband asked us not to visit. Maybe because when you have cancer, you lose all your hair (to chemotherapy). So she may feel embarrassed. That was just a few days ago. We have Ganpati at home, so can’t even visit her for the last rites right now. But I felt very sad. How can God be so cruel? This is no age to die.”
Recalling Priya Marathe, Usha shared that she was a nice girl, kept smiling and talked with everyone. She also added that it was good she didn’t had any children because things would have been extremely difficult.
We pray for strength for Priya Marathe’s family in these testing times.
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