In honor of the late actress Sridevi, a junction in Lokhandwala, Mumbai has been named ‘Sridevi Kapoor Chowk’. When Sridevi was alive, she used to walk on this route. Her last journey also passed through here. Apart from this, Sridevi used to live in Green Acres Tower located on this route. Today, Sridevi’s husband and famous film maker Boney Kapoor unveiled this square in the presence of his younger daughter Khushi Kapoor and veteran actress Shabana Azmi. Let us tell you, this place has been named Sridevi Chowk on the recommendation and consent of BMC and local people. Sridevi died in 2018
Sridevi died on 24 February at around 11.30 pm in room number 2201 of Jumeirah Emirates Tower Hotel in Dubai. However, this news reached India at around 2 am on 25 February. On 20 February, Sridevi went to Dubai to attend the wedding of husband Boney Kapoor’s nephew Mohit Marwah. After the wedding, the Kapoor family returned to Mumbai on February 22, but Sridevi stayed back. Two days later, on February 24, Boney again reached Dubai to surprise Sridevi. He wanted to take her to dinner. The couple talked for about half an hour and then Sridevi went to the bathroom to freshen up. But when she did not come out for 15 minutes, Boney called her two-three times. Even after that, when he did not get a response, he went to the bathroom and looked. Sridevi was lying drowned in the bathtub. Initially, the case was said to be of cardiac arrest. Sridevi got recognition from ‘Sadma’ and ‘Himmatwala’
Sridevi got recognition from the 1983 film ‘Sadma’ and ‘Himmatwala’. After this, she worked in films like Mawali, Kalakar, Tohfa, Nagina, Ghar Sansar, Aakhri Raasta, Karma, Mr. India, Guru, Chandni Chaalbaaz, Farishte, Lamhe, Khuda Gawah, Heer Ranjha, Roop Ki Rani Choron Ka Raja, Chandramukhi, Ladla, Army, Judaai, Meri Biwi Ka Jawab Nahin, English Vinglish and Mom. Sridevi worked with these actors
In her 51-year long film career, Sridevi worked with many actors. These include actors like Kamal Haasan, Jitendra, Rishi Kapoor, Sunny Deol, Anil Kapoor, Amitabh Bachchan, Mithun, Vinod Khanna, Jackie Shroff, Sanjay Dutt, Salman Khan, Shahrukh Khan and Akshay Kumar.
