Sridevi, India's first female superstar cremated with state honour
Shares
MUMBAI - India's first female superstar was cremated on Wednesday, 4 days after she breathed her last in Dubai at around 11 pm.
Wrapped in the tri-colour Padma Shri Sridevi’s mortal remains were accorded full State Honours at the Celebration Sports Club Garden No 5, Lokhandwala Complex, Andheri West this morning.
The mortal remains were brought to Celebration Sports Club from her Lokhandwala residence at around 9.30 am on Wednesday for condolences and people to pay their last respects.
The mortal remains of the legendary actress, who won millions of hearts across the globe by her spellbinding performances in her 5 decade long acting career, was covered with a maroon Kanjeevaram saree and kept in a glass casket.
From Deepika Padukone to Hema Malini, Aishwarya Rai to Jaya Bachchan, Arbaaz Khan to Vidya Balan, Sanjay Leela Bhansali to Raveena Tandon, a number of film personalities paid their last respects to Sridevi at the Celebration Sports Club this morning.
Aditya Roy Kapoor, Siddharth Roy kapoor, Shraddha Kapoor, Siddhanth Kapoor, Apoorva Lakhia, John Abraham, David Dhawan, Rekha, Mukesh Chabbra, Niel Nitin Mukesh, Nitin Mukesh, Shamita Shetty, Deepti Naval, Raj Kumar Rao and Patralekha, Omung Kumar, Ramesh Sippy, Sonali Bendre, Angad, Soha Kunal, Vaibhavi Merchant, Prem Chopra, Malaika Arora Khan, Vivek Oberoi, Suresh Oberoi, Javed Akhtar, Shabana Azmi, Farida Jalal, Shahid Kapoor, Mira Kapoor, Anupam Kher, Rekha, Rakesh Roshan, Siddharth Malhotra, Sikhander Kher, Fardeen Khan and Anu Malik were also paid their last respects.
The final journey commenced at around 2 pm for Vile Parle Seva Samaj Crematorium and Hindu Cemetery.
