One of India’s most famous actresses has died, aged 54. Sridevi, who was known by one name, was described as the first female superstar in the country’s male-dominated Bollywood industry.She died on Saturday in Dubai after suffering a heart attack, her brother-in-law Sanjay Kapoor told the Indian Express.Her most famous roles included playing a reporter in Mr India and in Chandni, when she played a woman choosing between two suitors.In Lamhe, in 1991, she played dual roles of a woman and her daughter.Much of her appeal was that she appeared in films in a wide variety of Indian languages, having been born into a Tamil/Telugu family in the southern state of Tamil Nadu.Born Shree Amma Yanger Ayyapan, she started in the industry at the age of four and worked throughout her childhood, playing her first adult Bollywood role at the age of 13.She won five Filmfare Awards, and was nominated 10 times in the Indian equivalent to the Oscars.In 2013, she was awarded the Padma Shri by the Indian government, the fourth highest civilian honour.In the same year, she was voted India’s Greatest Actress in 100 Years, in a national poll to celebrate a centenary of Indian cinema. She was… Read full this story
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