Sri Devi was a legendry Indian film actress and a filmmaker, who primarily worked in Tamil, Telugu; Malayalam, Hindi and Kannada films.

Sri Devi began her acting career at an earlier age in the year 1967 as a child star in a Tamil film named ‘Kandhan Karunai’. She also appeared as a child star in a Telugu film named ‘Bangarakka’ and in a Malyalam film named ‘Kumara Sambhavan’ in 1969.

Sri Devi made her debut on Bollywood big screen in 1975 as a child star with her super smash-hit ‘Julie’ wherein she played the role of a younger sister of the leading actress. Afterwards she started to appear in adult characters from the year 1979. She performed in more than 60 Hindi movies; 58 in Tamil; 62 in Telugu and 20 in Malyalam movies.

Sri Devi has also acted in Television series ‘Malini Lyer’, judged a show ‘Kaboom’ and appeared in numerous advertisements.

She got married to Anil Kapoor’s brother, Boney Kapoor in 1996. The couple has two daughters named Khushi and Jhanvi.

Sri Devi made a comeback to movies with “English Vinglish” in 2012.

Take a look at some throwback pictures of the famous actress as a child:

She died on February 24, 2018 by an accidental drowning in a bathtub throughout her stay in Jumeirah Emirates Towers Hotel, UAE, while she was attending wedding ceremony of an Indian actor Mohit Marwah.

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