BOLLYWOOD ICON SRIDEVI
CREMATED WITH STATE HONOURS-THOUSANDS PAY LAST RESPECTS
Bollywood icon Sridevi
was cremated on 28th
February,2018 with state honours in Mumbai this evening in the presence of
thousands of fans and top actors who had turned up to pay their last respects.
Sridevi's daughters Jhanvi and Khushi performed the final rituals with husband
Boney Kapoor standing by their side. Sridevi's body, wrapped in the national
flag and placed in a glass casket, was brought to the Pawan Hans crematorium in
Vile Parle from the Celebration Sports Club near her home in Lokhandwala.
The open truck that
carried Sridevi's body was decorated with white flowers, her favourite colour.
Hundreds of people, many weeping, walked alongside the truck, which reached the
crematorium after a three-hour long journey from the Celebration Sports Club.
Her grieving family members
including husband Boney Kapoor, her step-son Arjun Kapoor and brothers-in-law
Anil Kapoor and Sanjay Kapoor were among those who travelled in the truck with
the body.
Thousands of people
waited on both side of the roads, looked on from buildings and bungalow
terraces. Many climbed on signals and lamp posts for a last glimpse of their
beloved actress.
The Maharashtra
government accorded full state honours for the funeral, which included draping
Sridevi's body in the national flag, elaborate arrangements by the Mumbai
Police and a gun salute before the cremation.
Among the prominent
personalities who attended the funeral in Vile Parle were Amitabh Bachchan,
Shah Rukh Khan, Randhir Kapoor and others who came to bid a final goodbye to
Sridevi.
Sridevi, 54, died in a
hotel room in Dubai on Saturday. A forensic report said she accidentally
drowned in a bathtub after falling unconscious. After investigations, the
actor's body was released by the Dubai authorities on Tuesday and was flown to
Mumbai by private jet.
Sridevi had gone to
Dubai along with her husband producer Boney Kapoor and their younger daughter
Khushi, to attend the wedding of Mr Kapoor's nephew Mohit Marwah. After the
wedding, Sridevi stayed on in Dubai, while Boney Kapoor went back to Mumbai
with their daughter.
Boney Kapoor returned
to Dubai on Saturday to surprise his wife, reports said. Sridevi was getting
ready to go out for dinner with her husband when she collapsed in the bathroom
of Dubai's Jumeirah Emirates Towers hotel on Saturday evening. A medical team
failed to revive her and she was declared dead at a hospital.
Authorities in Dubai
completed legal formalities over three days before releasing Sridevi's body to
her family for embalming and saying that, "The case has now been
closed." Boney Kapoor accompanied his wife's body from Dubai last night to
Mumbai. His brother and actor Anil Kapoor, who was also Sridevi's co-star in
many blockbuster films, received them at the airport.
Sridevi made her film
debut at the age 4 and acted in Tamil, Telugu and Kannada movies before
scripting a soaring career in Bollywood. She return to movies in 2012 after a
15-year break with the smash-hit "English Vinglish", stunned fans
with her performance as a villainous queen in Tamil movie "Puli" and
followed it up with the thriller "Mom". She shot for a special
appearance in superstar Shah Rukh Khan's upcoming film - "Zero" -
which releases in December.
Prof. John Kurakar
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