On February 25, the country woke up to the shocking news of one of a legendary actress of Bollywood Sridevi’s death. Indian cinema lost the versatile actress and gems Sridevi who breathe her last in a family function in Dubai. She was only 54 and cause of her death was a major cardiac arrest.
Sridevi’s untimely death has left a void in the entire film fraternity in India. Many celebrities and politicians took Twitter to share their grief but her demise is perhaps the biggest loss to her family. It was just five months before her elder daughter Jhanvi Kapoor’s Bollywood debut, Sridevi died in Dubai.
She was in Dubai to attend her nephew Mohit Marwah’s wedding when she suffered a cardiac arrest on Saturday night, leaving her family, fans, and Bollywood in shock. While her husband Boney Kapoor and younger daughter Khushi Kapoor accompanied Sridevi to the wedding in Dubai, Jhanvi decided to stay behind in Mumbai to shoot for her debut film Dhadak.
Condolences, tweets, posts, and tributes are dedicated to the actress by celebrities, politicians and various people across the country. The opposition Party Congress also paid tribute to the Chandani actress only to get trolled by Twitterati. The Twitter handle of Congress Party paid tribute to Sridevi so badly that they highlighted themselves that Sridevi was awarded Padma Shri by UPA government in 2013.
The official Twitter handle of the party tweeted, “We regret to hear about the passing away of Sridevi. An actor par excellence. A legend who will continue to live in our hearts through her stellar body of work. Our deepest condolences to her loved ones. The was awarded the Padma Shri by the UPA Govt in 2013.”
Check out how harshly Twitterati and the fans of Chandini actress trolled Congress and their political strategy.
Seriously? Was the UPA bit for giving her a Padma Shri really necessary in a condolence message. What kind of idiots are you guys
— Masakadzas (@Nesenag) February 25, 2018
Was that ‘by the UPA Govt’ really necessary INC, in a condolence message? 🙁 pic.twitter.com/BkgrYEKYCh
— Karthik (@beastoftraal) February 25, 2018
The humility of @INCIndia . It did not take credit for Sridevi living, eating and breathing in Congress ruled times. pic.twitter.com/wBx6WfPHQJ
— VikasSaraswat (@VikasSaraswat) February 25, 2018
You could have also mentioned that she was born when Congress Govt was in power and died when BJP govt is in power
— Amit Saha (@saha_amit) February 25, 2018
After getting brutally trolled, the official Twitter handle deleted the tweet and posted another tweet.
She received a multitude of awards including the fourth highest civilian award the Padma Shri in 2013 by the Govt of India & 6 Filmfare awards, the first at the age of 14. Sridevi started her career at the age of 4 in ‘Thunaivan’. Her Bollywood debut was in ‘Julie’ at 12. pic.twitter.com/xQ1Kax4emV
— Congress (@INCIndia) February 25, 2018