Mysore/Mysuru: Pushpa (76), mother of senior Kannada film actress and politician Tara, passed away at a private hospital in city yesterday. 

Pushpa had accompanied her daughter Tara for the shooting of a Kannada movie in Mysuru during which she suddenly took ill. Though she was immediately rushed to a private hospital, she breathed her last at about 3 pm.

She leaves behind two daughters, including Tara and a son.