Sridevi Cremated With Full State Honours

Mumbai, February 27: Sridevi will be laid to rest on Wednesday afternoon. The actor died in Dubai due to accidental drowning in a bathtub in her room at Jumeirah Emirates Towers on Saturday. Her mort

Updated: February 28, 2018 5:37 PM IST

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Mumbai, February 27: Sridevi will be laid to rest on Wednesday afternoon. The actor died in Dubai due to accidental drowning in a bathtub in her room at Jumeirah Emirates Towers on Saturday. Her mortal remains arrived in Mumbai on Tuesday around 10:30 PM. Family members, including her filmmaker husband Boney Kapoor and stepson Arjun Kapoor, brought her body in a private plane from Dubai.

Boney’s brother Anil Kapoor along with his son Harshvardhan had gone to the airport to bring home the actor’s mortal remains. (Also read: Sridevi Death: Several Actors Are Requesting All to #LetHerRestInPeace)

In a detailed announcement, the family said her body will be kept at Celebration Sports Club in Lokhandwala for people to pay their last respects before it is taken for cremation. “On behalf of Khushi, Janhvi, Boney Kapoor, the entire Kapoor and Ayyappan families, a sincere thanks to the media for your continued sensitivity and support during this emotional moment,” the statement read. (Also read: Sridevi’s Death: Jeetendra Feels A Sense Of Emptiness Over The Death Of His ‘Dear Colleague’)

It said that well-wishers can pay their condolences from 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM at Celebration Sports Club, Garden No 5, Lokhandwala Complex, Andheri West.

The last rites will be performed today at Vile Parle Seva Samaj Crematorium at 3:30 PM. “The last journey will commence at 2 PM from Celebration Sports Club to Vile Parle Seva Samaj Crematorium and Hindu Cemetery.”

Sridevi passed away late Saturday night at a hotel room in Dubai where she, along with the entire Kapoor clan and a host of Bollywood celebrities, had gone for the wedding of her nephew Mohit Marwah.

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