New Delhi: Renowned Hindi novelist Mannu Bhandari passed away on Monday at the age of 90, due to age-related ailments. She had recently developed an infection in her body and was admitted at the Narayana Superspeciality Hospital in Gurgaon for the past one week .
Bhandari was born in 1931 in Bhanpura in Madhya Pradesh. She was the wife of late Hindi fiction writer Rajendra Yadav, a pioneer of the Hindi literary movement ‘Nayi Kahani’. She is widely known for her novels ‘Aapki Banti’ and ‘Mahabhoj’. Her famous novel ‘Yahi Sach Hai’ was adapted into a movie ‘Rajnigandha’ in 1974. It had won several Filmfare Awards in 1975, including the best movie honour.
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Bhandari is survived by her daughter Rachana Yadav.
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