This article was first published in the print edition of Filmfare in August 2002. We recreate this rare interview for our readers and fans of Sulakshana Pandit. The senior actress-singer passed away at the age of 71 on November 6, 2025. The article has been republished in it's final print form. Read on...I hesitate to enter the open doorway before me. Surely no one could be living here. The walls are bare, the rooms bereft of furniture, clothes lie strewn all over the floor. A door on the right leads to the kitchen, in which I can see only a gas stove.