India bids goodbye: Sridevi to be cremated with state honours

Fans and the entire Bollywood film fraternity have gathered in the western Indian city of Mumbai for the funeral of Bollywood star Sridevi Kapoor.

Her body was flown back to India on Tuesday night, three days after she died in Dubai. According to ANI, Sridevi will be cremated with state honours. The Mumbai Police band has reached Celebrations Sports Club to honour the actor.

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According to The Indian Express, Sridevi’s body was laid inside a glass casket, adorned with flowers inside the Celebration Sports Club. Fans and Bollywood celebrities offered prayers and condolences to the grieving family. Husband Boney Kapoor and his daughters Janhvi and Khushi appear ‘visibly shattered’.

Other family members including Boney’s brothers Sanjay Kapoor and Anil Kapoor and son Arjun Kapoor have been receiving the guests while his niece Sonam Kapoor and her boyfriend Anand Ahuja have been by Sridevi’s body.

Sridevi's body was kept at Celebration Sports Club after which she has been taken to the cremation home.

.@S1dharthM arrives at Celebration Sports Club for late #Sridevi’s condolence meet. pic.twitter.com/rc2b5b3pGS

— Filmfare (@filmfare) February 28, 2018

.@ShraddhaKapoor arrives at Celebration Sports Club to pay her last respects to the late #Sridevi. pic.twitter.com/dT4t7STw2H

— Filmfare (@filmfare) February 28, 2018

#Rekha and @ManishMalhotra arrive at the prayer meet to pay their respects to the late #Sridevi. pic.twitter.com/h5hED7PygY

— Filmfare (@filmfare) February 28, 2018

#VidyaBalan and #SiddharthRoyKapur arrive at Celebration Sports Club to pay their last respects to the legendary actress #Sridevi. pic.twitter.com/l00Q4L3SIO

— Filmfare (@filmfare) February 28, 2018

Hema Malini and Isha Deol arrive at Celebration Sports Club to pay last respects to #Sridevi pic.twitter.com/MZnuU1rfKI

— ANI (@ANI) February 28, 2018

.@deepikapadukone arrives at Celebration Sports Club for late #Sridevi’s condolence meet. pic.twitter.com/luE4XdNXt1

— Filmfare (@filmfare) February 28, 2018

.@shahidkapoor and @MiraRajput arrive at the prayer meet to pay their respects to the legendary actress #Sridevi. pic.twitter.com/gGJ7yRjrHn

— Filmfare (@filmfare) February 28, 2018