State honours at Sridevi's funeral, thousands mourn her
Mumbai
February 28, 2017
The Maharashtra government has decided to accord
actress Sridevi full state honours at her funeral scheduled later on Wednesday
afternoon, official sources said.
The state honours for the actress, who
was conferred Padma Shri in 2013, will include draping her body in the national
tricolour, elaborate arrangements by the Mumbai Police, and a gun salute before
the cremation.
According to a statement issued on behalf of the Kapoor
and Ayyappan families, Sridevi's body will be kept for three hours at the
Celebrations Sports Club in the afternoon to enable people pay their last
respects.
The final journey will commence around 2 p.m. to the Vile Parle
Seva Samaj Crematorium and Hindu Cemetery at S.V. Road in Vile Parle west, where
it will reach around 3.30 p.m.
Meanwhile, several thousands of mourners,
including celebrities, Bollywood personalities, politicians and business
persons, grieved for the queen of the silver screen Sridevi here on Wednesday.
Since dawn, thousands of teary-eyed fans and admirers of the late actress,
many carrying flowers, had started queueing up outside the Celebration Sports
Club at Lokhandwala Complex for a final ‘darshan' of their idol.
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.
Among the early callers 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, Sulabha Arya,
Ajay Devgn and Kajol, 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, among others.
Most visitors on Wednesday were
sporting dark sunglasses to ward off the harsh early-summer glare, and carrying
flowers or small bouquets. They embraced and consoled the bereaved family
members, fleeting 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 died around 11 p.m. on February 24, and from the airport was taken to
the Kapoor residence in Green Acres at the posh Lokhandwala Complex.
Despite the late hour, several hundreds of fans kept vigil outside the residence
when a motorcade, including an ambulance, reached there late on Tuesday.
Sridevi died following accidental drowning in the bathtub in her hotel room in
Dubai around 11 p.m. on Saturday night, plunging millions of Indians and her
fans in shocked gloom as the news emerged on Sunday morning.
For three
days, the Dubai police authorities completed various legal and medical
formalities before the body was finally handed over to the Kapoor family on
Tuesday afternoon.
For the final journey, at the club, and the
Crematorium, the Mumbai police have effected elaborate security at various
venues, and made special traffic arrangements.
Meanwhile, Green Acres
Co-operative Housing Society Limited on Wednesday cancelled Holi celebrations in
view of the demise of Sridevi.
Mumbai
February 28, 2017
The Maharashtra government has decided to accord
actress Sridevi full state honours at her funeral scheduled later on Wednesday
afternoon, official sources said.
The state honours for the actress, who
was conferred Padma Shri in 2013, will include draping her body in the national
tricolour, elaborate arrangements by the Mumbai Police, and a gun salute before
the cremation.
According to a statement issued on behalf of the Kapoor
and Ayyappan families, Sridevi's body will be kept for three hours at the
Celebrations Sports Club in the afternoon to enable people pay their last
respects.
The final journey will commence around 2 p.m. to the Vile Parle
Seva Samaj Crematorium and Hindu Cemetery at S.V. Road in Vile Parle west, where
it will reach around 3.30 p.m.
Meanwhile, several thousands of mourners,
including celebrities, Bollywood personalities, politicians and business
persons, grieved for the queen of the silver screen Sridevi here on Wednesday.
Since dawn, thousands of teary-eyed fans and admirers of the late actress,
many carrying flowers, had started queueing up outside the Celebration Sports
Club at Lokhandwala Complex for a final ‘darshan' of their idol.
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.
Among the early callers 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, Sulabha Arya,
Ajay Devgn and Kajol, 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, among others.
Most visitors on Wednesday were
sporting dark sunglasses to ward off the harsh early-summer glare, and carrying
flowers or small bouquets. They embraced and consoled the bereaved family
members, fleeting 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 died around 11 p.m. on February 24, and from the airport was taken to
the Kapoor residence in Green Acres at the posh Lokhandwala Complex.
Despite the late hour, several hundreds of fans kept vigil outside the residence
when a motorcade, including an ambulance, reached there late on Tuesday.
Sridevi died following accidental drowning in the bathtub in her hotel room in
Dubai around 11 p.m. on Saturday night, plunging millions of Indians and her
fans in shocked gloom as the news emerged on Sunday morning.
For three
days, the Dubai police authorities completed various legal and medical
formalities before the body was finally handed over to the Kapoor family on
Tuesday afternoon.
For the final journey, at the club, and the
Crematorium, the Mumbai police have effected elaborate security at various
venues, and made special traffic arrangements.
Meanwhile, Green Acres
Co-operative Housing Society Limited on Wednesday cancelled Holi celebrations in
view of the demise of Sridevi.
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