A shocking incident took place in the midnight that took the whole Indian film fraternity by storm. Bollywood’s most-loved actress Sridevi passed away after a cardiac arrest, confirmed her brother-in-law Sanjay Kapoor. She was 54. “Yes, it is true that Sridevi passed away. I just landed here, I was in Dubai and now I am flying back to Dubai. It happened roughly around 11.00-11.30. I don’t know more details yet,” Sanjay confirmed the news to media.

As per the sources, the actress was with her husband Boney Kapoor and daughter Khushi at the last moments. They were with the entire Kapoor family in UAE to attend the wedding ceremony of Mohit Marwah.

Coming to her birth details, she was named ‘Shree Amma Yanger Ayyapan’ at the time of birth. Sridevi worked in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada films before entering Bollywood. She started acting in the late 1960s, but her performance in Malayalam film Poombata (1971) won her the state award for best child artist.

Post the immense success in South Indian movies, she made her debut in Bollywood as a child artist in Julie (1975). Her first adult role was at the age of 13 in Tamil film Moondru Mudichu (1976). In-time. Sridevi went on to become one of the biggest female stars India.

Witnessing her work, the government of India awarded her Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian honor, in 2013. Sadma, Chandni, Himmatwala, ChaalBaaz, Mr India, Nagina, Mawali, Tohfa, and Gumrah are some of her most remarkable films. To everyone’s surprise, after working in Judaai, Sridevi took a 15-year break from movies only to be back to winning hearts in her second innings with English Vinglish in 2012.

She was last seen in 2017 film MOM. Her most memorable on-screen pairing was with her brother-in-law Anil Kapoor, while her most successful films were produced by husband Boney Kapoor. Now, her elder daughter Janhvi is set to make her Bollywood debut this year with Karan Johar’s directorial Dhadak.

Check out some of the interesting facts about the timeless beauty Sridevi:

1. She was named Shree Amma Yanger Ayyapan upon birth.

2. She started her career at the age of four in Thirumugham’s devotional film, Thunaivan.

3. Sridevi hates to celebrate her birthday.

4. The first time Sridevi dubbed her dialogues in Hindi was for Yash Chopra’s movie Chandni. 3. Sridevi’s father was a lawyer and her mother tongue is Tamil.

5. She has also acted as a child artist in the film, Julie. She made her Bollywood debut as a lead star with the film Solva Saavan in 1978.

6. Jaya Prada was considered to be Sridevi’s strongest contender at that point of time. Their fierce competition was one of the worst kept secrets ever.

7. Sridevi was the first choice for Indra Kumar’s Beta. She was supposed to star opposite Anil Kapoor in the film but declined the offer because she had already done a string of films with the actor. The role then went to Madhuri Dixit who became a superstar overnight after the film’s success.

8. She is the first female actress to have earned the tag of being a superstar.

9. Sridevi was also considered for a role in Jurassic Park. Steven Spielberg wanted to cast her for a brief role. But she was at the peak of her career in Bollywood then and had rejected the offer.

10. Jeetendra and Sridevi emerged as one of the most popular on-screen couples of their times. They were paired romantically opposite each other in as many as 16 films, out of which 11 films were the superhits.

11. In 2013, the Government of India awarded Sridevi with the prestigious Padma Shri Award. She was also voted ‘India’s Greatest Actress in 100 Years’ in a CNN-IBN national poll conducted in 2013 on the occasion of the Centenary of Indian Cinema.

12. She was the first person considered to play the role of Sivagami in Baahubali, she rejected the offer for some unknown reason.

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