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.
According to the sources, the details of last moments of Sridevi in Dubai hotel room were revealed. The sources said that Sridevi was getting ready for dinner when she reportedly suffered a cardiac arrest in her room in the Jumeirah Emirates Towers Hotel.
Earlier, Boney Kapoor left Dubai for Mumbai, returned on Saturday evening to surprise his wife. He reportedly woke Sridevi up around 5.30 pm and the couple chatted for around 15 minutes, the report says. Then, Boney asked her to dinner. Thus, Sridevi accepted and went to the washroom to get fresh and she didn’t come out for some time.
Her husband knocked the door and forced opened the door to see the actor lying motionless in a bathtub full of water. He tried to revive her and when he could not, he called a friend of his. After that, he informed the police at 9 pm. The police and paramedics rushed to the site, but she was pronounced dead. Her body was taken to the General Department of Forensic Medicine for an autopsy, the sources said.
Sridevi, Boney Kapoor, and younger daughter Khushi Kapoor were in Ras Al Khaimah early last week to celebrate the wedding of her nephew Mohit Marwah.
Sources from the General Department of Forensic Medicine has told, “Late on Sunday night, some blood samples of actress Sridevi were sent for tests.” The reports are expected to come by 10 am Dubai time (11.30am IST), and are crucial to clear the body for transportation. After this, a death certificate will be issued and the body will be taken for embalming. It appears that the family will be able to collect her mortal remains only by late afternoon, after which they will bring it back in a private jet to Mumbai.
Sridevi’s sudden death has left millions of fans in complete shock. In countless tributes, she was billed as the first female superstar of Indian cinema.
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