Final Farewell for Sridevi

Mumbai: Actors Arjun Kapoor, Sanjay Kapoor and Mohit Marwah accompany the body of late actress Sridevi to the Vile Parle Seva Samaj Crematorium and Hindu Cemetery for cremation in Mumbai on Feb 28, 2018. (Photo: IANS)

State honours for Sridevi’s funeral, final journey begins. Thousands of fans joined a long procession to mark the final journey of veteran Bollywood actress Sridevi, which started from near her residence to a crematorium in Vile Parle this afternoon….reports Asian Lite News

Final farewell for Sridevi. (Photo: IANS)

Thousands of fans joined a long procession to mark the final journey of veteran Bollywood actress Sridevi, which started from near her residence to a crematorium in Vile Parle this afternoon.

A tall, air-conditioned truck, fully decorated with white flowers — her favourite colour — carried her body which was first draped in the National Tricolour and then accorded a police gun salute, as cries of “Sridevi Amar Rahe” rent the air.

Maharashtra government has accorded full state honours for the funeral of Sridevi, who was conferred a Padma Shri in 2013, which included draping her body in the national Tricolour, elaborate arrangements by the Mumbai Police, and a gun salute before the cremation.

Inside, Sridevi was lying serene with full make-up, a large south Indian style ‘sindoor’ wearing a ceremonial gold and maroon Kanjeevaram sari, a necklace, since she died a ‘suhaagan’ (still married), and almost appeared like a goddess in a deep slumber.

Mumbai: Actresses Jaya Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan at celebration sports club to pay their last respects to the late actress Sridevi in Mumbai on Feb 28, 2018. After the flower-bedecked body was brought to the club premises, a steady stream of celebrities started alighting from their vehicles and were whisked inside to pay their last respects. (Photo: IANS)

Her grieving family members, including husband Boney Kapoor, his son Arjun Kapoor and brothers Anil Kapoor and Sanjay Kapoor were among those who travelled in the truck with the body.

The approximately six km long journey was expected to be completed by 3.30 p.m. as the truck slowly wend its way through some of the poshest areas of Andheri and Vile Parle sububrbs, a massive portrait of Sridevi visible from a distance as the truck moved ahead.

The procession was led by several family members, close relatives, friends and even neighbours of the Green Acres CHS where the family lived in Lokhandwala Complex.

Earlier, Sridevi’s body was kept for three hours at the Celebrations Sports Club, where thousands joined to pay their last respects.

Mumbai: Last rites of actress Sridevi underway in Mumbai on Feb 28, 2018. (Photo: IANS)

Among the early callers seen were Rekha, Aishwarya Rai-Bachchan, Arbaaz Khan, Madhuri Dixit-Nene, Akshaye Khanna, Tabu, Farah Khan, Nitin Mukesh, Neil Nitin Mukesh, Vidya Balan, Sushmita Sen, Shabana Azmi, Javed Akhtar, Madhur Bhandarkar, Deepika Padukone, Sanjay Leela Bhandsali, Jackie Shroff, Farhan Akhtar, Hema Malini, Jaya Bachchan, John Abraham, Ajay Devgn and Kajol, Anupam Kher and Sulabha Arya, among many others.

Earlier, in the past four days since her demise, the Kapoor household had witnessed a steady stream of visitors, including Rajinikanth, Kamal Haasan, Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan and Krishna Raj Kapoor.

Most of the visitors Wednesday were sporting dark sunglasses to ward off the harsh early-summer glare, carrying flowers or small bouquets, embraced and consoled the bereaved family members, fleeted in from the main entrance and out from the other side as fans tried to catch a glimpse.

Sridevi’s body was flown to Mumbai from Dubai where she passed away around 11 p.m. on February 24, and from the airport was taken to the Kapoor residence in Green Acres.

Sridevi passed away following accidental drowning in a bathtub in her hotel room in Dubai, plunging millions of her fans in shock as the news emanated on Sunday morning.

Meanwhile, Green Acres Co-operative Housing Society Limited on Wednesday cancelled Holi celebrations on March 2, in view of the sudden demise of Sridevi.

The Mumbai Police effected elaborate security arrangements at various venues, and arranged special traffic and crowd management for Sridevi’s last journey.

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