Shree Amma Yanger Ayyapan aka Sridevi was born in Sivakasi Madras on August 13, 1963 to a Tamil father and Telugu mother. (Photo Credits: Facebook)
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Sridevi has been described as one of the first female superstars of India in career spanning almost 50 years. The actor has worked in multi language films like Telugu, Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada. (Photo Credits: Facebook)
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Sridevi made her acting debut at a young age of 4 in M A Thirumugam’s devotional film ‘Thunaivan’. She further made her Bollywood debut in 1975 in Julie. (Photo Credits: Facebook)
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Sridevi rose to prominence with her film 'Himmatwala' and especially the song 'Nainon Mein Sapna' was a huge hit among the fans and made the actor one of the most popular female actors of the 80s and 90s. (Photo Credits: Facebook)
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Post 'Himmatwala', the actor further starred in commercially successful films like 'Mawaali', 'Masterji', 'Mr India', 'Chandni', 'ChaalBaaz', 'Lamhe', 'Laadla' and 'Judaai'. (Photo Credits: Facebook)
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Post her marriage Sridevi took a hiatus from work for almost over a decade. She returned to films in 2012 and received universal praise for performance in the film that fetched her numerous awards. (Photo Credits: IANS)
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Besides numerous awards and recognitions, Sridevi is also a recipient of Padma Shri in 2013. (Photo Credits: Facebook)
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Hailed as one of the most beautiful actors of all time, Sridevi has been the face of numerous beauty awards like Lakme and LUX. (Photo Credits: IANS)
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Sridevi starred in her 300th film Mom, which was released in 2017. The actor was widely appreciated with many critics referring Mom as her career’s best performance. (Photo Credits: Facebook)
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On February 24, 2018, Sridevi passed away in Dubai while she was attending her nephew Mohit Marwah’s marriage there in the country. Sridevi suffered from a massive cardiac arrest and was found motionless by her husband Boney. She is survived by her husband and her two daughters. Sridevi was 54 at the time of her demise. (Photo Credits: IANS)
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Rest in peace the Queen of Bollywood. (Photo Credits: IANS)
