Veteran actress Surekha Sikri passes away due to cardiac arrest
Surekha Sikri had to be rushed to a hospital after she suffered a brain stroke last year. She also suffered a paralytic stroke earlier in 2018.
FollowVeteran actress Surekha Sikri breathed her last today, July 16, in Mumbai. She was 75. She had been unwell for several months, and had suffered a brain stroke in 2020.
Surekha Sikri had to be rushed to a hospital after she suffered a brain stroke last year. She also suffered a paralytic stroke earlier in 2018.
The actress's manager confirmed the news to PTI and said, “Three-time national award winning actress, Surekha Sikri has passed away following a cardiac arrest earlier this morning at the age of 75. She had been suffering from complications arising from a second brain stroke. She was surrounded by family and her caregivers. The family asks for privacy at this time. Om Sai Ram.”
The veteran actor’s career spanned theatre, films and television. She made her debut with 1978 political drama film Kissa Kursi Ka and played author-backed roles across films in various industries. She received the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress thrice, including Tamas (1988), Mammo (1995) and Badhaai Ho (2018). Surekha was last seen in Netflix''s anthology Ghost Stories directed by Zoya Akhtar.
Born in Uttar Pradesh, she graduated from National School of Drama (NSD) in 1971. She also won the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1989. The actor’s father was in the Air Force and her mother was a teacher. She married Hemant Rege and they have a son together, Rahul Sikri.
The actor found a lot of popularity with her role of a stern matriarch Kalyani Devi in TV soap Balika Vadhu. She was part of the show from its inception 2008 till its end in 2016. Her act as a matriarch in 2018’s Badhaai Ho was also much appreciated, for which she also received a National Award. The actor had arrived in a wheelchair to pick up her award.
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