• The body of Indian actress Sridevi is carried on a lorry during her funeral in Mumbai, India. Thousands of grieving fans gathered to pay respects to the actress who drowned accidentally in a Dubai hotel bathtub. Rafiq Maqbool / AP Photo
    The body of Indian actress Sridevi is carried on a lorry during her funeral in Mumbai, India. Thousands of grieving fans gathered to pay respects to the actress who drowned accidentally in a Dubai hotel bathtub. Rafiq Maqbool / AP Photo
  • Sridevi's husband Boney Kapoor, centre, stands beside the body of his wife. Rafiq Maqbool / AP Photo
    Sridevi's husband Boney Kapoor, centre, stands beside the body of his wife. Rafiq Maqbool / AP Photo
  • Indian police try to control mourners gathered in Mumbai. Divyakant Solanki / EPA
    Indian police try to control mourners gathered in Mumbai. Divyakant Solanki / EPA
  • Bollywood actress Madhuri Dixit, right, and her husband Sriram Nene pay their respects. Divyakant Solanki / EPA
    Bollywood actress Madhuri Dixit, right, and her husband Sriram Nene pay their respects. Divyakant Solanki / EPA
  • A poster of Sridevi with a condolence message hangs outside the actors residence in Mumbai. Divyakant Solanki / EPA
    A poster of Sridevi with a condolence message hangs outside the actors residence in Mumbai. Divyakant Solanki / EPA
  • A fan reacts during the funeral procession. Danish Siddiqui / Reuters
    A fan reacts during the funeral procession. Danish Siddiqui / Reuters
  • Mourners line the streets of Mumbai. Rafiq Maqbool / AP Photo
    Mourners line the streets of Mumbai. Rafiq Maqbool / AP Photo
  • Mourners hold Sridevi posters as they wait outside her residence to pay their last respects. Rafiq Maqbool / AP Photo
    Mourners hold Sridevi posters as they wait outside her residence to pay their last respects. Rafiq Maqbool / AP Photo
  • Bollywood actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan arrives to pay her respects. Divyakant Solanki / EPA
    Bollywood actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan arrives to pay her respects. Divyakant Solanki / EPA
  • Bollywood actor Sanjay Kapoor, the brother-in-law of actress Sridevi Kapoor, arrives to pay his respects. Divyakant Solanki / EPA
    Bollywood actor Sanjay Kapoor, the brother-in-law of actress Sridevi Kapoor, arrives to pay his respects. Divyakant Solanki / EPA
  • A mourner waits in queue to pay his respects. Rafiq Maqbool / AP Photo
    A mourner waits in queue to pay his respects. Rafiq Maqbool / AP Photo
  • The Kapoor family had issued a statement on Tuesday with the information that the doors would be open for the public. Punit Paranje / AFP Photo
    The Kapoor family had issued a statement on Tuesday with the information that the doors would be open for the public. Punit Paranje / AFP Photo
  • Sridevi's funeral procession. Rafiq Maqbool / AP Photo
    Sridevi's funeral procession. Rafiq Maqbool / AP Photo
  • Thousands turn up in Mumbai to pay their respects to Sridevi. Divyakant Solanki / EPA
    Thousands turn up in Mumbai to pay their respects to Sridevi. Divyakant Solanki / EPA
  • Indian Bollywood actor Ajay Devgan, cente, and his wife Kajol, left, were amongst the celebrity mourners. Punit Paranjpe / AFP Photo
    Indian Bollywood actor Ajay Devgan, cente, and his wife Kajol, left, were amongst the celebrity mourners. Punit Paranjpe / AFP Photo
  • A mourner is pushed by a policeman. Danish Siddiqui / Reuters
    A mourner is pushed by a policeman. Danish Siddiqui / Reuters

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Sridevi's funeral procession in Mumbai - in pictures

Fans and celebrities line the streets to say final goodbye to Bollywood star Sridevi

The National

February 28, 2018

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A lorry swathed with white flowers and a large portrait of the brown-eyed Sridevi transported the actress's body to the cremation site in Mumbai.

Inside the lorry, her husband, movie producer Boney Kapoor, protectively placed his hands on the glass-encased coffin in which her body was placed.

Sridevi will be cremated in a private ceremony later on Wednesday at the Vile Parle Seva Samaj Crematorium and Hindu Cemetery in Mumbai.

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