Background
Kapoor was born on the 13th of August 1963 in Sivakasi, Madras State (nowadays Tamil Nadu), India; the daughter of Rajeshwari and Ayapyan. She lost her parents when she was very young.
Sridevi Kapoor with her husband, Boney Kapoor in July 2012.
Sridevi Kapoor at the Lakme Fashion Week in 2010.
Sridevi Kapoor at the HT Style Awards on January 2018, one month before her death.
Sridevi Kapoor with her husband Boney and their daughters Jhanvi and Khushi.
Kapoor was born on the 13th of August 1963 in Sivakasi, Madras State (nowadays Tamil Nadu), India; the daughter of Rajeshwari and Ayapyan. She lost her parents when she was very young.
Sridevi Kapoor said about her education: "Dad made sure that I was always surrounded by family members- not to spoil or mollycoddle me but retain a "family" atmosphere. He came from a well- educated family, and being a lawyer himself, he made sure that I did not miss my education. A home tutor was always there either on my long shoots or whenever there was a break between shootings."
Kapoor started her career at the age of four in 1967 as a child artist in a Tamil movie "Kandhan Karunai". She also starred as a child actress in a Telugu movie "Bangarakka" in 1977, and in a Malyalam movie "Kumara Sambhavan" in 1969. Sridevi made her foray on the Bollywood tinsel screen in 1975 as a child actor with the smash-hit "Julie" in which she played the younger sister of the lead actress. Thereafter she started to act in adult roles in Hindi only from 1979.
Kapoor established strong on-screen pair with Kamal Hasan in Tamil films from 1977 to 1983 and then with Jeetendra in Hindi Films in 1983-1988 which helped her get foothold in Hindi films. She has four hits with Rajesh Khanna and then from late 80's till 1996 her pair with Anil Kapoor was popular. But Kapoor became popular all over India, thanks to Tamil films' remakes in Hindi in 1983-1990.
Sridevi also appeared in the TV series "Malini Iyer", judged a TV show "Kaboom" as well as appeared in numerous print and TV ads. Kapoor was also on the Board of Directors of the Asian Academy of Film & Television.
Sridevi Kapoor made her debut as a fashion model in 2008. The actress modelled clothes for designers Priya and Chintan at the Lakme Fashion Week. A year later, she displayed the work of jewelry designer Queenie Dhodhy at the HDIL India Couture Week. Kapoor worked at Lakme Fashion Week again in 2010 and at Delhi Couture Week 2012, showing clothes designed by Sabyasachi Mukherjee.
She made a comeback to films with "English Vinglish" in 2012. Sridevi starred in the Tamil fantasy action adventure film "Puli" in 2015. She was next seen in her home production titled "Mom", 2017, which marked her 300th film. Her last on-screen appearance will be in Anand L. Rai's upcoming film "Zero", 2018 in a cameo. Sridevi Kapoor starred until her death. She passed away on 24 February 2018 by accidental drowning in bathtub during her stay at the hotel Jumeirah Emirates Towers, Dubai when she was attending the wedding of Bollywood actor Mohit Marwah in Dubai.
Sridevi Kapoor married Boney Kapoor in 1996. They have 2 daughters.