Goodbye Sridevi

She burst onto the bollywood scene with Himmatwala in 1983. Perceived initially as the new hot girl, she soon drew crowds to third rate films like Tohfa and Justice Chodhary, just on the strength of her graceful dancing. Very quickly she passed this phase and entered the top league with films like Mr. India. Her sensuous dance in dark blue saree in the song "kate nahi katte ye din ye raat" was a riot and she became a queen of the celluloid. She ruled for the next 4-5 years with films like Chaalbaaz, Chandani and Lamhe among others. Her acting skills had been acknowledged long back in the film Sadma and it was evident that she excelled in every sphere of performance. By this time winds of change had started to blow and a new star was born by the name of Madhuri. Sridevi married Boney Kapoor in 1996 and took a long break from films. She came back in 2012 with an impact performance in English Vinglish. In 2017 she appeared in her last film Mom. She acted in many regional films as well and 300 plus films is a lot of work. She was awarded Padma Shri by the Indian Government. In later years, though she managed to keep her weight down, that glow of health on the face seemed to be missing. She was seen in various parties and bollywood functions, nicely decked out and all, but health hardly radiated from her being. Sridevi started her career at a young age and she has taken a bow from the world stage, very young.