last-journey

MUMBAI: Thousands of fans and celebrities from Bollywood reached the Celebration Sports Club in Mumbai's Lokhandwala today to catch a last glimpse of superstar Sridevi and bid her farewell. Sridevi's funeral will take place in Mumbai this afternoon, four days after her sudden death in Dubai. After a three-day wait, her family received her body in Mumbai last night. The actor's final journey will begin at around 2 pm. Sridevi's friends and colleagues from the industry paid their last respects. Among them were Madhuri Dixit, Rekha, Hema Malini, Deepika Padukone, Vidya Balan and Aishwarya Rai. A statement from her family said the last rites would take place from 3:30 in the afternoon at the Pawan Hans crematorium in Vile Parle. A forensic report said she "accidentally drowned" in a bathtub after losing consciousness. Sridevi's body was handed over to her family on Tuesday evening after government officials in Dubai said they had closed the probe into her death. Sridevi's Funeral: Among Sridevi's friends and colleagues from Bollywood who paid their last respects were Madhuri Dixit, Rekha, Hema Malini, Deepika Padukone, Vidya Balan and Aishwarya Rai. The Bollywood icon, 54, was found unconscious in a bathtub in her hotel apartment at the Jumeirah Emirates Towers by her husband on Saturday evening.