AGENCY, MUMBAI: Actress Sridevi’s funeral will take place tomorrow late afternoon in Mumbai, the family said in a statement. She died of accidental drowning in a bathtub following loss of consciousness. Her body was flown to Mumbai from Dubai this evening.
Family members, including her film-maker husband Boney Kapoor and stepson Arjun Kapoor, got her body embalmed and flew to Mumbai for her final journey home on a private plane that had been parked at the Dubai airport since Sunday.
The cremation is scheduled tomorrow around 3.30 pm.
Sridevi, known as Indian cinema’s first woman superstar, leaves behind her husband Boney Kapoor and their two daughters Jahnvi and Khushi.
“On behalf of Khushi, Janhvi, Boney Kapoor, the entire Kapoor and Ayyappan families, a sincere thanks to the media for your continued sensitivity and support during this emotional moment,” a statement by the family said.
The 54-year-old Bollywood icon was in Dubai to attend a family wedding. Her death late Saturday sent shock waves across India.
At first it was reported that she had died of cardiac arrest, triggering questions and disbelief. However, it later emerged that she had drowned in the bathtub in her room at the Jumeirah Emirates Towers hotel. The Dubai govt’s media office said in a series of tweets that the case is now closed.
In its statement, the family said her body will be kept at Celebration Sports Club in Lokhandwala near her home for people to pay their last respects from 9.30 am to 12.30 pm before it is taken for cremation.
