Sridevi 60th birth anniversary: Husband Boney Kapoor, daughters Janhvi and Khushi remember late star; Google doodle celebrates her legacy

Sridevi's 60th birth anniversary: Her husband Boney Kapoor and daughters Janhvi and Khushi took to social media to remember her fondly.

Khushi Kapoor shared a throwback photo to wish her mother Sridevi. (Khushi/Instagram)

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One of India’s most iconic stars, Sridevi would have turned 60 today. The actor died in 2021 leaving an indelible mark on the Indian film industry and a legion of fans. Her family, on Sridevi’s birth anniversary on Sunday, took to social media to remember her fondly.

Husband Boney Kapoor took to Instagram to post a throwback photo with Sridevi and wrote, “Happy Birthday”. Their younger daughter Khushi Kapoor also shared a throwback photo of the late actor. In the photo, the actor looks gorgeous dressed in a blue saree while Khushi and sister Janhvi Kapoor look cute as a button in their pink dresses. She wrote ‘Happy Birthday Mama’ and added a white heart emoji in the post. Janhvi reposted her father’s post on her Instagram story.

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Janhvi, who was last seen in Bawaal, has often spoken about how it was tough for her and her sister Khushi to overcome their mother’s death. During the promotion of her film, she was asked about the ‘biggest war’ in her life. To this, she told Pinkvilla, “I think definitely when I lost mom. I was shooting for Dhadak, and dealing with her loss was quite tough, and also somehow finding the will to keep working but also finding a way to deal with all of these things happening in our lives was tough. Figuring that out was definitely the biggest war in my life.”

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Khushi Kapoor shared this throwback photo on her Instagram story to wish her mother.

To mark Sridevi’s 60th birth anniversary, Google also dedicated its doodle to her. The tech giant credited the illustration to Mumbai-based guest artist Bhumika Mukherjee. It has her dressed in the iconic blue saree from Mr India , and her pose is from “Mere haathon mein…” from Chandni. Two hands with lightning emojis also hint at her performance in Naagin where she made the same gesture.

In its description, Google celebrated Sridevi’s success and how she made her mark on the film industry by charting new avenues for women to take on leading roles in Indian cinema. “Starring in nearly three hundred movies over the course of four decades, Sridevi made Bollywood’s sweeping dramas and comedies shine, oftentimes without a male counterpart in a traditionally male-dominated industry,” a part of the description read.

Google Doodle was dedicated to Sridevi on her 60th birth anniversary. (Photo: Google)

Sridevi, as readers would know, was born in Tamil Nadu as Shree Amma Yanger Ayyappa. She joined films as a four-year-old with Kandhan Karunai. She soon gained national success and in Bollywood, she is fondly remembered for her performance in films like Lamhe, Chandni, Chalbaaz, Sadma, among others.