Sridevi dies at 54 dies in Dubai

Guwahati, February 25, 2019:

Veteran actor Sridevi died in Dubai on Saturday after a cardiac arrest. She was 54. Popularly hailed as the first female superstar of Hindi cinema, the actor was in Dubai with her husband Boney Kapoor and younger daughter Khushi to attend nephew and actor Mohit Marwah's wedding. The actor had married film producer Boney Kapoor with whom she had two daughters. Her sudden death shocked Bollywood and legions of her followers who reached outside her Mumbai house.

She took a 15-year long break from movies in 1997, a year after her marriage. She returned in 2012's "English Vinglish". Sridevi stunned fans with her performance as a villainous queen in "Puli", which also marked her comeback to Tamil cinema after a gap of more than two decades. Last year, she was seen in revenge drama "Mom" opposite Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Akshaye Khanna. She shot for a special appearance in superstar Shah Rukh Khan's upcoming film  "Zero" which releases in December.

A versatile actor, Sridevi made her Bollywood debut in 1978 with "Solva Sawan". Sridevi had worked in Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, Hindi, and Kannada. She was awarded Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award, in 2013.

Movies like "Mawaali" (1983), "Tohfa" (1984), "Mr. India" (1987) and "Chandni" (1989) kept her at the top in the box-office game, films like "Sadma" (1983), "ChaalBaaz" (1989), "Lamhe" (1991), and "Gumrah" (1993) earned her critical acclaim.