NEW DELHI – Sridevi’s husband Boney Kapoor has opened up for the first timeabout the fateful night of February 24, 2018, to friend and noted filmcritic Komal Nahta, who has reproduced the conversation in a blog shared onhis official Twitter page..
In his blog, Nahta wrote that Boney had told him that how his unscheduledtrip to Dubai in 2018 was much-like his unplanned trip to Bangalore in 1994when he and Sridevi had freshly fallen in love. Sridevi had extended herstay in Dubai post nephew Mohit Marwah’s wedding to shop for daughterJanhvi, while Boney had left for India to attend some important event inLucknow.
On the 24th morning, Sridevi made a call to Boney saying, “Papa( As sheused to address Boney) I am missing you. I also told her that I was missingher a lot. But I didn’t tell her that I would be joining her in Dubai inthe evening. Janhvi had seconded my idea of going to Dubai because she wasscared, her mom, not used to being alone, would misplace her passport orsome important document if she was alone, ” an emotional Boney told Nahta.
Boney reached Dubai on the evening of February 24th around 6:20 pm. Anexcited Boney requested the bell boy to delay taking his bag to the room ashe wanted to catch her by complete surprise. The two hugged like teenagelovers once Boney opened the door with his duplicate key. “But she told me,she had a hunch that I would come to Dubai to fetch her,” Boney recalledamidst sobs. The couple hugged, kissed and chatted for almost half an hour,the blog read.
After a romantic reunion, Boney freshened up and suggested that they go fora romantic dinner.Then Sridevi, who as he says, was in “relaxation mode”,went for a bath.
“I went to the living room while Sridevi went to the master bathroom tobathe and get ready,” Boney told Nahta.
In the living room, Boney who was engrossed in TV realized that they weregetting late for dinner. He called out to her several times but when he gotno response, he broke open the door only to find that his worst nightmareshave come true.
“He panicked and opened the door which had not been bolted from inside,nervous but yet not at all prepared for what he was going to see. The tubwas full of water and Sridevi was immersed completely, from head to toe,inside the tub. Devastated, he reached out to her but watching hermotionless, he feared the worst.
“Sridevi had drowned! Boney’s world had come crashing down.” Nahta quotedBoney.
As Nahta puts it: “Whether she first drowned and then became unconscious,or she first fell asleep or unconscious and then drowned, nobody will,perhaps, ever know. But she probably never got a chance to even strugglefor a minute because had she moved her arms and legs in panic whiledrowning, there would be some water spilling out of the tub. But therewasn’t a drop of water on the floor outside the tub area.”
Nobody would ever know how Bollywood’s first female superstar drowned in abathtub, the mystery will remain unsolved.