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sridevi honoured

eteran actress Sridevi worked in more
than 300 films and gave many spectacular
Vperformances. The lady died of accidental posthumously at
drowning in February. Her fans still couldn’t believe
that the actress is no more with us. At the ongoing
71st Cannes Film Festival, Sridevi received a cannes film
special honour for her contribution in cinema at
Titan Reginald F. Lewis Film Honours. Filmmaker festival, subhash
Subhash Ghai took the award on her behalf. A
special footage of the veteran actress was screened
at the popular film festival in front of the renowned ghai receives the
filmmakers across the world.
Subhash took to micro-blogging site Twitter and
wrote, “It was honour to receive Award on behalf award on
of legend @SrideviBKapoor at @Festival_Cannes
yesterday for her outstanding contribution in indian
cinema n shared my experience with impeccable her behalf
inimitable actor to western audience hosted by
Titan Reginald F. Lewis film honours.”
Earlier, talking about the global recognition
bestowed on the legendary actress, Boney Kapoor
revealed to Hindustan Times, “I’m happy that
people from the world over are recognising her
body of work and her contribution to cinema. Even
though the overwhelming emptiness of losing her
remains, it’s comforting to know that she lives on
through her work.”
Lately, Sridevi’s husband and her daughters Khushi
Kapoor, Janhvi Kapoor, attended the National Film
Awards ceremony as the actress was honoured
with Best Actress award for Mom.

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