One of Bollywoodâs popular actresses Sridevi is reported dead.
The 54-year-old died suddenly on Saturday (February 24, 2018).
According to the Press Trust of India, Sridevi died after suffering cardiac arrest in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates.
She was in Dubai attending a family wedding.
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Since the announcement of her death, her Bollywood colleagues and Indian politicians have been sending their tributes through social media.
The Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was among the many who expressed shock at Srideviâs death, with a tweet extending his condolences to her family.
About Sridevi
She was born on August 13, 1963. Sridevi made her film debut as a child actor at the age of four in âThunaivan,â a Tamil Hindu drama directed by M.A. Thirumugham.
Other films followed, including âJulie,â which marked her first foray into Bollywood at the age of 12. Her first leading Bollywood role came in the 1979 Hindi film âSolva Sawan.â
Four years later, Sridevi broke through to the list of Bollywoodâs most highly sought-after actresses with the action comedy âHimmatwala.â
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Srideviâs credits include some of the most watched films of the â80s and â90s, including âMawaaliâ (1983), âTohfaâ (1984), âNaginaâ (1986), âMr. Indiaâ (1987), âChandniâ (1989), âLamheâ (1991) and âGumrahâ (1993).
Sridevi took a break from the limelight to raise two children with her husband, producer Boney Kapoor, before returning to star in the 1997 film âJudaai.â In the film, she plays an ambitious housewife who inadvertently marries a man who canât afford the lavish life she aspires to lead.
âJudaaiâ was a box office hit, but it was Srideviâs performance in Gauri Shindeâs 2012 hit, âEnglish Vinglish,â that really solidified her comeback and confirmed her as one of Bollywoodâs most treasured and enduring talents.
Sridevi took the starring role of Shashi, an Indian housewife who only speaks Hindi but is thrust onto the streets of New York to help arrange her nieceâs wedding. After a series of humiliations, Shashi decides she needs to learn English and enrols in a four-week crash course.