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Friends and colleagues mourn Sridevi

Last updated on: February 26, 2018 13:14 IST

Among the mourners were Anupam Kher who acted with Sridevi in many movies, and Satish Kaushik who acted with and directed her.

Sridevi's sudden death has shocked India.

Fans and the media gathered outside the actress' home in Lokhandwala complex, Andheri, north west, Mumbai while celebrities saluted Sridevi's memory on social media.

The actress succumbed to a cardiac arrest in Dubai where she was attending actor Mohit Marwah's wedding.

Mohit is Sridevi's husband Boney Kapoor's nephew; his only sister Reena's son.

Arjun Kapoor, Boney Kapoor's eldest child, was spotted at Mumbai airport before he headed to uncle Anil Kapoor's Juhu home.

 

Shilpa Shetty and Sridevi attended the Karva Chauth at Anil Kapoor's home last year.

 

Satish Kaushik worked with Sridevi in Mr India and directed her in Roop Ki Rani Choron Ka Raja and the television series Malini Iyer.

 

David Dhawan and Karuna Dhawan. David plans to remake Sridevi's Chaalbaaz.

 

Anupam Kher has worked with Sridevi in over 15 movies including Karma, Aakhri Rasta, Lamhe to name a few.

 

Javed Akhtar -- who wrote Mr India and Roop Ki Rani Choron Ka Raja -- and Shabana Azmi, a close friend of Boney and Anil Kapoor.

 

Swara Bhaskar, one of Sonam Kapoor's buddies.

 

Politician Amar Singh, an old friend of Boney and Sridevi Kapoor.

 

Ali Khan at Sridevi's home.

 

Shard Kelkar and wife Kirti Gaekwad at Sridevi's home.

 

Rekha with her secretary Farzana at Anil Kapoor's home.

 

Janhvi Kapoor -- Sridevi's elder daughter -- is currently working on Karan Johar's Dhadak.

Karan has been by Janhvi's side ever since news of her mother's demise came in.

Janhvi didn't attend the wedding in Dubai since she was busy working on her first film.

 

Manish Malhotra was in Dubai for Mohit's wedding.

Manish posted pictures of Sridevi with her younger daugher Khushi from the wedding on Instagram.

 

Rani Mukerji at Anil Kapoor's home.

 

Producer Aarti Shetty, who attended the Dubai wedding.

 

Designer Kunal Rawal, who is close to Arjun Kapoor.

 

Nirvaan Khan, Sohail Khan's son.

 

Anshula Kapoor, Boney Kapoor's eldest daughter.

 

Anil Kapoor arrived from Chandigarh where he was shooting for Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga.

 

Arjun Kapoor left Dubai for Amritsar soon after Mohit's wedding to shoot for Vipul Shah's Namaste England with Parineeti Chopra.

 

After he arrived in Mumbai, he headed to Anil Kapoor's bungalow.

 

Choreographer Vaibhavi Merchant visited the Kapoors.

 

Neelima Azeem -- whose son Ishaan is acting with Janhvi in Dhadak -- arrived to mourn Sridevi's death.

Photographs: Pradeep Bandekar

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