Sridevi, a legend of Indian cinema, passed away in her hotel room in Dubai in 2018 while attending a nephew's wedding. The cause of her death was declared to be 'accidental drowning' in a bathtub following a loss of consciousness.

Sridevi's mother tongue was Telugu, and she was fluent in Tamil. She has a sister and two step-brothers. "I lost out on going to school and college life, but I got into the film industry and worked without a gap – from child actor, I went straight to heroine. There was no time to think and I was grateful for it.

Superstar Sridevi was born on August 13, 1963, to a Telugu mother and a Tamilian father. Sridevi started her acting journey as a young child artist in South cinema. And, it was her learnings here that helped her become Bollywood's first female superstar.

Before she tied the knot with Boney Kapoor, the English Vinglish actress was linked with many A-listed Bollywood actors, such as Mithun Chakraborty and Jeetendra. In an interview back in the day, Sridevi once said that she wouldn't ever be with a married man or be someone's second wife.

Sridevi made her acting debut at the age of four with the 1967 Tamil film Kandhan Karunai. Later, in 1972, she made her first appearance in Bollywood in the 1972 film Rani Mera Naam. Soon after, she went on to star in blockbuster movies like Mawaali, Justice Chaudhury, Tohfa, Masterji, Karma, Mr.