Observer Report Lahore
Renowned Pakistani film actress Neelo Begum died on Saturday at the age of 80 years. Taking to social networking website, Twitter, her son confirmed that his mother Neelo has passed away.
Her son, film star Shaan Shahid, announced her demise. “It is with the saddest of heart I share the departure of my mother as she has gone to her Creator,” he wrote on Twitter.
Sources said that she had been suffering from cancer since long.
Born Cynthia Alexander Fernandes, Neelo had the distinction of being the only Pakistani heroine to have worked in a major Hollywood movie, Bhowani Junction (starring Ava Gardner and Stewart Granger), which incidentally also marked her film debut.
