Tag: Sridevi

Bangkok: Actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui has dedicated his Best Supporting Actor honour, which he won at the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Awards here, to his “Mom” co-star Sridevi, who was posthumously awarded the Best Actor in a Leading Role Female title. “It was once in a lifetime opportunity to work with the first female superstar […]

Mumbai: When Sridevi, who had an impeccable dressing and style sense, saw bits of her daughter Janhvi’s yet-to-release Bollywood debut “Dhadak” before she passed away, she was happy but gave her some make-up advise. Filmmaker Karan Johar, who has produced “Dhadak”, spoke to Janhvi for an interview for Vogue India’s June issue. He asked what […]

Cannes: Iconic actress Sridevi was posthumously honoured at the 71st Cannes Film Festival. Filmmaker Subhash Ghai, who received the award on her behalf, says he felt honoured. Sridevi was honoured with the TITAN Reginald F. Lewis Film Icon Award, which celebrates women of the film industry all over the world and also salutes the multicultural […]

Los Angeles: Indian cinema icon Shashi Kapoor and India’s first female superstar Sridevi were honoured at the 90th Academy Awards ceremony here during the “In Memoriam” montage. The Indian stars got a musical tribute by Eddie Vedder who took the stage to sing Tom Petty’s “Room at the top”. Actress Jennifer Garner introduced the segment […]

Hyderabad: Sridevi was her own competition and she had set goal for herself at every step in her life, said Jayaprada, who worked with her in many movies. “When we worked together in films, we used to compete against each other. It was a healthy competition,” recalled Jayaprada while paying rich tributes to Sridevi at […]

Mumbai: As the mystery around Sridevi’s sudden demise last week continued, her husband and film producer Boney Kapoor has opened up — perhaps for the first time to a friend — about his unscheduled trip to see his wife in Dubai, how they hugged and kissed when he surprised her and how he found her […]

Mumbai: Thousands of people, including celebrities and Bollywood personalities, mourned the death of actress Sridevi on Wednesday. Her mortal remains lay here in a glass casket as she looked “beautiful in a red sari”, said veteran actress-politician Hema Malini who also paid her last respects to the late diva. “Paid my last respects to Sridevi. […]

Dubai: Indian actress Sridevi Kapoor drowned in her bathtub after losing consciousness and the case had been closed after investigation, Dubai Prosecutor’s office said. The body was handed over to her bereaved family. No foul play was apparently suspected by the investigators leading to closure of the case A tweet from the official feed of the […]

Mumbai:  Filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma, who directed Sridevi in films like “Great Robbery”, “Govindhaa… Govindhaa…” and “Hairaan”, says that the late actress has been a “very unhappy woman” and her life was a “classic case of how each person’s actual life is completely different from how the world perceives it”. Sridevi, 54, died on Saturday in […]

Dubai: Indian actress Sridevi died due to accidental drowning in a bath tub in her hotel here, reports gulfnews.com. Sharing the image of the forensic report, the media publication stated that Sridevi, who had traces of alcohol in her blood, lost balance and fell into the bathtub and drowned. Sridevi, 54, died on Saturday night. […]

Dubai: Veteran actress Sridevi, 54, was getting ready at a hotel room in Dubai for a dinner date with her producer-husband Boney Kapoor before she suffered a cardiac arrest which led to her sudden demise, a media report said on Monday. Boney flew back from Mumbai and went to her room at the Jumeirah Emirates […]

Mumbai: In a moving gesture, Indian industrial magnate Anil Ambani has sent an aircraft to Dubai to bring back Bollywood actress Sridevi Kapoor’s body to India later on Sunday, sources said. The 13-seater private jet, (Embraer-135BJ) belonging to Reliance Transport & Travel Ltd, left Mumbai for Dubai around 1.30 pm on Sunday. “It is expected […]

Mumbai: Veteran actress Sridevi has passed away, a family member said. She was 54. The actress, who was in Dubai for a family function, reportedly suffered a cardiac arrest. Confirming the news of her death, Sridevi’s brother-in-law and actor Sanjay Kapoor, told IANS: “Yes, it is true.” Sanjay, however, could not reveal more details as […]

Mumbai: Filmmaker Karan Johar’s “Dhadak”, starring Shahid Kapoor’s brother Ishaan Khatter and veteran actress Sridevi’s daughter Janhvi Kapoor, will be releasing on July 20. Karan is backing the film, an adaptation of the acclaimed Marathi film “Sairat”, through his banner Dharma Productions. He announced the release date on Saturday on Twitter. “Six months to ‘Dhadak’, releasing […]

Mumbai: Nawazuddin Siddiqui, considered among the most accomplished contemporary actors, is himself an unabashed Sridevi fan. He had to pinch himself when he was offered “Mom” with the evergreen beauty. “When I got a chance to work with Srideviji in ‘Mom’, I couldn’t believe it. It was more than a dream come true. As an […]