Tributes were paid to Indian cinema icon Sridevi here by a host of stars of the south India film industry, which gave her career a start before she became a star in Bollywood. Earlier, leading actors paid their homage to Sridevi at a meeting held in the office of the of the South Indian Artistes’ Association (SIAA), popularly known as ‘Nadigar Sangam’, here. Actor-director Manobala, also a member of the SIAA, tweeted and shared a photograph of the SIAA members paying their tributes to Sridevi. Sridevi, Indian cinema’s first woman superstar, had an illustrious career spanning over four decades after making her debut as a child artist in Tamil film Thunaivan in 1969. After making her mark in the south Indian films, she entered Bollywood.

Source: Hindustan Times March 12, 2018 09:33 UTC