Reema, who was seen playing the lead antagonist 'Dayavanti Mehta' in popular Star Plus show 'Naamkarann' currently, succumbed to a heart attack and the makers obviously had to look for her replacement the soonest they could.
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The 'Naamkarann' team had cancelled their shoot yesterday after learning about Reema's sudden death and now the lady who is all set to begin shooting wit them in place of Reema is already on board.
Last seen in 'Saraswatichandra' as 'Dugba', the famous Gujarati actress Ragini Shah also played 'Bhabho's mother in-law Maa Saa' in Star Plus popular show 'Diya Aur Baati Hum'.
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Ragini was roped in after a single look test and she is starting the shoot soon, reports BollywoodLife.
The lead actor of Zain Iman who plays 'Neil' in the show had paid his tribute to Late Reema by posting an adorable video with her shot recently during Holi scene shoot[Watch Reema Lagoo’s recent adorable video posted by ‘Naamkarann’ co-actor Zain Imam!].
It is sure going to be hard for the team to cope with their senior co-actor's death!