‘Absolute shock’: Indian Bollywood legend Sridevi dead at 54 after cardiac arrest
In a career spanning five decades, Sridevi acted in 300 films and was awarded the Padma Shri, India’s fourth-highest civilian honour in 2013
Bollywood’s leading lady of the 1980s and ‘90s who redefined stardom for actresses in India, has died at age 54.
The actress was described as the first female superstar in India’s male-dominated film industry.
She used one name on-screen, like many leading ladies of her generation, and was known for her comic timing and her dancing skills, a great asset in the song-and-dance melodramas that are a staple of mainstream Indian cinema.
Sridevi died Saturday in Dubai due to cardiac arrest, her brother-in-law Sanjay Kapoor confirmed to Indian Express online.
She had been in Dubai to attend a wedding in her extended family.
