Sonam Kapoor, Anil Kapoor, Farah Khan, Shabana Azmi and several other celebrities from the Hindi film industry fondly remembered Sridevi on her first death anniversary today. Sridevi, Bollywood's first female superstar, died on February 24, 2018, in Dubai. She was 54. While Sonam shared memories of her aunt with a leading entertainment website, Farah and Maheep Kapoor shared throwback pictures with Sridevi on social media and wrote heartfelt captions.
Speaking of Sridevi, Sonam told the website, “I think my favourite film of hers is Mr. India. And my childhood memory of hers, is her living with me in my house for many, many years. And her letting me watch Hum Hain Rahi Pyar Ke on her television in her bedroom. I'll never forget that.”
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Sridevi in a still from Mr. India[/caption]
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Sridevi’s brother-in-law and Sonam’s father Anil Kapoor also remembered Sridevi as did his wife Sunita Kapoor.
https://twitter.com/AnilKapoor/status/1099605673799811072
https://www.instagram.com/p/BuQmNtKjNwN/
Maheep Kapoor, Sridevi’s sister-in-law and Sanjay Kapoor’s wife, shared memorable pictures, saying that she will ‘always remember the good times. ‘
https://www.instagram.com/p/BuQCzUsBZax/
Farah Khan shared a picture of Sridevi with her troupe from a tour in 1994. Her caption is a must-read.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BuQHc7UggWO/
Here’s what Shabana Azmi and Shekhar Kapur wrote in memory of Sridevi.
https://twitter.com/AzmiShabana/status/1099477626262044673
https://twitter.com/shekharkapur/status/1099401890922672129
Sridevi began her career at the age of four with her appearance in the devotional film Thunaivan. She worked across Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and Hindi movies. Sridevi is the star of films Sadma, Chandni, Lamhe, Nagina, Mr India, ChaalBaaz and English Vinglish.
Ahead of her first death anniversary, Sridevi's family, including her husband Boney Kapoor, and daughters Janhvi and Khushi, and brother-in-law Anil Kapoor, held a puja for her in Chennai on February 14.
