Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Feb 28 (NT): The whole nation with a grief of Air and heavy hearts, will bid send-off to Bollywood ‘s first female superstar Sridevi, as she will embark on her ultimate journey on Wednesday.
The 54-year old Bollywood Diva passed away in Dubai on the night of February 24 due to “accidental drowning”, where she had gone to attend a wedding with her family.
Taking upbringing as Shree Amma Yanger Ayyapan, Sridevi was known for her remarkable performances in Hindi movies like Chandni, Lamhe, Mr India, Chaalbaaz, Nagina, Sadma, and many more.
The Padma Shri awardee had also registered her stellar roles in Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, Malayalam and Kannada films.
India's Roop Ki Rani has worked as a co-star with the Indian megastars including Amitabh Bachchan, Rajinikanth, Kamal Hassan, Jeetendra, Anil Kapoor and others.
After a 15-year long gap, Sridevi knocked to the silver screen in 2012 with Gauri Shinde's inspirational woman-centric movie 'English Vinglish', which was the mega-hit in India as well as China and Japan.
The news of Sridevi's sudden and shocking death left teary-eyed fans including several Bollywood celebs such as Rishi Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra, Rani Mukherjee, Shahrukh Khan and others, with condolences pouring in ever since.
When the aircraft with her mortal remains on late Tuesday evening landed in Mumbai airport then well-known film personalities such as Salman Khan, Satish Kaushik, and others have visited the family to pay their respects.
Condolences and last respects to the actress will be paid at Celebrations Sports club between 9:30 am to 12:30 PM.After that; the cremation ceremony will be held at Vile Parle's Seva Samaj Crematorium and Hindu Cemetery from 3:30 pm onwards. (NT)
