Legendary Bollywood actress Sridevi dies at 54
WORLD
Sunday, 25 Feb 20188:52 AM MYT
LOS ANGELES: Sridevi Kapoor, best known by her mononym Sridevi and a major Bollywood star, died Saturday night in UAE of cardiac arrest. She was 54.
Her brother-in-law confirmed the news to the Indian Express. Sridevi and her family were in the United Arab Emirates for a wedding, and she was reportedly with her husband, producer Boney Kapoor, and daughter Khushi at the time of her death.
Sridevi worked in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada films before debuting in Hindi films. Her success led to other regional actresses like Jaya Prada to follow her to Bollywood.
Her career began at the age of four when she starred in M.A. Thirumugham’s devotional ”Thunaivan.” She made her Bollywood debut when she was 12 in ”Julie,” and landed her first adult role in the following year in K. Balachander’s ”Moondru Mudichu” opposite Kamal Hassan.
Actress Priyanka Chopra remembered Sridevi on Twitter. ”I have no words,” she wrote. ”Condolences to everyone who loved -Sridevi. A dark day. RIP.”
”Lion” actress Priyanka Bose also paid tribute. ”She broke all conventions with her skill and still brought so much grace in all she did,” she wrote. -Reuters
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