Remembering Sridevi: Legendary actor's life in pictures

Celebrated actor Sridevi suffered a cardiac arrest and passed away on Saturday night in Dubai. Sridevi along with husband Boney Kapoor and daughter Khushi Kapoor were in UAE to attend a wedding.

By Pallavi Singh

Updated on Apr 04, 2018 | 05:34 PM IST | 16M

Celebrated actor Sridevi suffered a cardiac arrest and passed away on Saturday night in Dubai. Sridevi along with husband Boney Kapoor and daughter Khushi Kapoor were in UAE to attend the wedding ceremony of Mohit Marwah.

“Yes, it is true that Sridevi passed away. I just landed here, I was in Dubai and now I am flying back to Dubai. It happened roughly around 11.00-11.30. I don’t know more details yet,” Sanjay Kapoor confirmed the news to a leading daily.

As soon as the news of her demise broke the internet, shockwaves gripped the entire nation. Many Bollywood celebs took to Twitter to express their grief over this great loss.

Sridevi had worked in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada films before debuting in Hindi films. She had started her career as a child artiste, and grew up to be one of the biggest female stars India ever had. The government of India awarded her Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian honour, in 2013.

Sridevi married Boney Kapoor, a film producer and the elder brother of actors Anil Kapoor and Sanjay Kapoor, in 1996. They have two daughters, Janhavi and Khushi. She has been called the first female superstar of Bollywood. The actor not only won hearts of millions with her films like Chandni, Lamhe, Mr. India, Nagina and more in the 1990’s, but she also continued winning accolades in her second innings with films like English Vinglish. She was last seen in MOM which also featured Nawazuddin Siddiqui and fared decently at the box office.

As we trace down the memory lane, we bring to you some rare pictures of the actor:

Sridevi made her debut as a child artist in the Tamil movie Kandan Karunai.