Sridevi's Final Journey, Wrapped In Flag. Fans Line Roads To Cremator

Sridevi's family members, including husband Boney Kapoor, Anil Kapoor and Arjun Kapoor, travelled with her

New Delhi: Wrapped in the national flag and dressed in bridal red, Sridevi has begun her final journey. Her glass casket was draped with flowers, with a blown-up picture of the late actress as a backdrop. Thousands of tearful fans crowded along the route - a distance of 5 km - from the Lokhandwala club in Mumbai where last respects were paid this morning to the Pawan Hans crematorium in Vile Parle. Her family - husband Boney Kapoor, brothers-in-law Anil Kapoor and Sanjay Kapoor, stepson Arjun Kapoor and nephew Mohit Marwah, travelled with her. Sridevi's funeral will take place with state honours.


This morning, many of the film industry's top stars bid Sridevi a final farewell at the Lokhandwala club. The South was represented by Chiranjeevi, Sridevi's co-star in several films, Prakash Raj and Tohfa co-star Jaya Prada. Rekha, Hema Malini and Madhuri Dixit were there; Aishwarya, Jaya and Shweta Bachchan; Deepika Padukone, Kajol, Ajay Devgn and Tanuja; Vidya Balan, Shahid Kapoor and Mira Rajput; Tabu, Karisma Kapoor, Raveena Tandon, Jacqueline Fernandez, Amrita Singh and daughter Sara Ali Khan, who is a good friend of Sridevi's daughter Janhvi Kapoor - there were few from the film fraternity who didn't make it.
Hema Malini tweeted these beautiful words later:

Sridevi died on Saturday in Dubai. A post-mortem report stated that she drowned due to accidentally drowning in the bathtub of the hotel she was staying in. She was brought to India on Tuesday, after a delay of three days.

Sridevi is survived by her husband Boney Kapoor and two daughters - Janhvi and Khushi.

Sridevi, considered to be India's first woman superstar, has made 300 films in a career spanning fifty years in several languages. Her best known Hindi films are Sadma, Mr India, Chaal Baaz and English Vinglish.