The end of an era: Sridevi cremated with state honours in Mumbai

To The World She Was'Chandni, But To Me She Was My Love Writes Boney Kapoor

To The World She Was'Chandni, But To Me She Was My Love Writes Boney Kapoor

"She was the axis around which our family ran", he said.

Sridevi's body was flown back to Mumbai late Tuesday night in a private jet owned by Anil Ambani, a Mumbai industrialist and entertainment baron.

Boney Kapoor too thanked his children Arjun and Anshula for being there in the most hard times for Sridevi's daughters and proved to be the responsible siblings, a relationship that never did existed for Arjun.

"Sridevi was a true pan-Indian superstar, the only actor to dominate the country's three largest industries, nicknamed Kollywood, Tollywood and Bollywood (which make films in the Tamil, Telugu and Hindi language respectively) while also notching up a number of works in Kannada and Malayalam cinema", wroteAnna MM Vetticad. Love and respect her for that. She said she was inspired by Sridevi to try her luck in Bollywood.

The Dubai police handed over the release letters for her remains to the Indian consulate and to her family for embalming on the same day.

Sridevi was cremated with state honours in Mumbai this evening in the presence of thousands of fans and top actors who had turned up to pay their last respects to the Bollywood icon.

Another fan, Kalpanaben Kodekar, said she travelled all the way from the neighbouring state of Gujarat to see Sridevi "one last time".

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By late afternoon, her body, wrapped in an Indian flag, began its journey from the club to the crematorium where her funeral took place according to Hindu customs. Despite the late hour, several hundreds of fans were waiting outside when a motorcade, including an ambulance with Sridevi's body, reached.

The coverage has been both lurid and restrained, with one TV station showing a reporter talking about her death from inside a bathtub, and many newspapers not even mentioning the alcohol reports.

Jaya Bachchan walked in with daughter-in-law Aishwarya Rai while an emotional Vidya Balan came to bid adieu to her idol. Manish Malhotra, who considered Sridevi his muse and his closest friend, is said to have broken down in the final moments. The couple has two daughters, Jahnvi and Khushi.

The body of the 54-year-old, who died in Dubai on Saturday, was taken in a hearse that was covered with white flowers.

Sridevi had ruled the silvercreen all through the 80s with blockbusters such as Mr India, Nagina, Sadma and Chandni. In 2013 the Bollywood actress was awarded the Padma Shri, India's fourth-highest civilian honor.

She returned to work in 2012.

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