“I was pretty green regarding film work,” Sikri told Scroll.in in a previous interview. Sikri played Meera Devi, one of a group of schemers. The political satire about corruption in Indira Gandhi’s government was banned in 1975 and all existing prints were destroyed. Her career in the movies began relatively late, in 1978, with Amrit Nahata’s Kissa Kursi Ka. Sikri had previously won National Film Awards for her intense and layered performances in Tamas (1986) and Mammo (1995). Her last appearance was in the Netflix anthology film Ghost Stories, in the episode directed by Zoya Akhtar. She played a crotchety mother-in-law whose bark is worse than her bite.
Sikri’s ’s performance in the 2018 comedy Badhaai Howon her the National Film Award for best supporting actress. She was surrounded by family and her caregivers,” the manager said. “She had been suffering from complications arising from a second brain stroke. Sikri suffered a cardiac arrest early on Friday morning, her manager told The Indian Express. The highs and highs of Jatin-Lalit’s Hindi film soundtracksĪctor Surekha Sikri, whose career spanned theatre, cinema and television, died on Friday in Mumbai.Char Dham Yatra to Kedarnath halted after weather department warns of heavy rains in Uttarakhand.Two plaques in Srirangapatna claim to mark the spot where Tipu Sultan died.Covid-19 pandemic created a new billionaire every 30 hours, says Oxfam.Is Adityanath attempting a Modi-esque image makeover?.How have some people managed to avoid Covid-19 for so long? It could be more than just luck.Feeding divine guests and eating of children: Wendy Doniger on the horrors of hospitality in myths.‘Adbhut’: A new book surveys all the strangest creatures from Indian myths and folklore.Assam Police arrest wife, daughter of fish trader who allegedly died in custody.Can you take a dog to a temple? Devdutt Pattanaik on the role of dogs in Hindu mythology.
She also won the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1989. Sikri has received several awards, including three National Film Awards and a Filmfare Award.īorn in Uttar Pradesh, she graduated from National School of Drama (NSD) in 1971. Sikri was ailing for some time having suffered a paralytic stroke in 2018 and a brain stroke in 2020.Ī veteran of Hindi theatre, she made her debut in the 1978 political drama film Kissa Kursi Ka and went on to play supporting roles in numerous Hindi and Malayalam films, as well as in Indian soap operas. She died of a cardiac arrest on Friday morning surrounded by family members and caregivers. National award-winning actress Surekha Sikri – who excelled equally in theatre, television and films – passed away in Mumbai on Friday.
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