{"id":25814,"date":"2018-02-26T13:37:51","date_gmt":"2018-02-26T13:37:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/?p=25814"},"modified":"2018-02-26T14:15:52","modified_gmt":"2018-02-26T14:15:52","slug":"bollywood-legend-sri-devi-dies-54","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/2018\/02\/26\/bollywood-legend-sri-devi-dies-54\/","title":{"rendered":"Bollywood Legend, Sri Devi Dies at 54"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The world of Bollywood is in mourning after the legendary Bollywood goddess Sridevi Kapoor, died at the age of 54 after reports of a heart attack after attending a close family wedding in Dubai on Saturday 24 February.<\/p>\n<p>Sridevi married to film producer Boney Kapoor and have two daughters was with her husband and youngest daughter in Dubai attending her nephews wedding before the tragedy struck.<\/p>\n<p>The actress featured in 300 movies and was one of the few female superstars who was capable of huge box office success.<\/p>\n<p>Sridevi started her career in acting at a very young age in a Tamil movies and in Malayalam films, her debut in to hindi movies was in 1979. She was known to master all her roles from romance to comedy satire. While the industry will not see the beauty queen any longer on the silver screen her memories will always be part of Bollywood.<\/p>\n<p>The Asian Today looks back at some of her iconic Bollywood films<\/p>\n<p>Himmatwala 1983<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-25826\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Himmatwala2-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Himmatwala2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Himmatwala2-80x60.jpg 80w, https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Himmatwala2-265x198.jpg 265w, https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Himmatwala2.jpg 306w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Mr India 1987<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-25828\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/mrIndia-239x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"239\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/mrIndia-239x300.jpg 239w, https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/mrIndia-768x965.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/mrIndia-815x1024.jpg 815w, https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/mrIndia-696x875.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/mrIndia-334x420.jpg 334w, https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/mrIndia.jpg 955w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 239px) 100vw, 239px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Chandni 1989<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-25829\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/chandni-300x127.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"127\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/chandni-300x127.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/chandni-768x325.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/chandni-1024x433.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/chandni-696x294.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/chandni-1068x452.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/chandni-993x420.jpg 993w, https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/chandni.jpg 1348w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Nagina 1986<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-25830\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/nagina-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/nagina-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/nagina-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/nagina-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/nagina-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/nagina-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/nagina-747x420.jpg 747w, https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/nagina.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Chaalbaaz 1989<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-25831\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/chaalbaaz-203x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"203\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/chaalbaaz-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/chaalbaaz.jpg 236w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 203px) 100vw, 203px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Lamhe 1991<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-25832\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/lamhe-260x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"260\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/lamhe-260x300.jpg 260w, https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/lamhe-696x802.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/lamhe-364x420.jpg 364w, https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/lamhe.jpg 746w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Khuda Gawah 1992<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-25833\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/khuda-Gawah-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/khuda-Gawah-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/khuda-Gawah-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/khuda-Gawah-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/khuda-Gawah-747x420.jpg 747w, https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/khuda-Gawah.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Judaai 1997<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-25834\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/judaai-300x236.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/judaai-300x236.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/judaai-534x420.jpg 534w, https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/judaai.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>English Vinglish 2012<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-25835\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/enlish-vinglish-300x198.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/enlish-vinglish-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/enlish-vinglish-637x420.jpg 637w, https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/enlish-vinglish.jpg 670w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Mom 2017<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-25837\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/mom-1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/mom-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/mom-1-80x60.jpg 80w, https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/mom-1-265x198.jpg 265w, https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/mom-1-560x420.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/mom-1.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Bollywood stars, Politicians, Musicians, Sporting icons and fans have been paying tribute to the superstar all over social media who have grown and lived in the times of star.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The world of Bollywood is in mourning after the legendary Bollywood goddess Sridevi Kapoor, died at the age of 54 after reports of a heart attack after attending a close family wedding in Dubai on Saturday 24 February. 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