Celebrities mourn the demise of veteran actress Surekha Sikri

Three-time National Award-winning actress Surekha Sikri passed away on July 16 due to a cardiac arrest. She was 75. Sikri’s manager confirmed her demise in a statement that read, “She had been suffering from complications arising from a second brain stroke. She was surrounded by family and her caregivers…”

Sikri was a part of the industry since more than four decades. Her works include TV shows such as Tamas, Balika Vadhu, Pardes Mein Hai Mera Dil and many others. She was a part of several films like Badhaai Ho, Ghost Stories, Sarfarosh and Sardari Begum, to name a few. As soon as the news broke, several celebrities took to social media to pay their tributes to Sikri.

Gajraj Rao shared a few behind the scenes photos from the sets of Badhaai Ho and wrote, “Making a film is like travelling in a train, where the journey is a destination in itself. You meet all kinds of co-passengers here. Some open up their tiffins and hearts to you, while some guard their luggage and eye you with suspicion. Badhaai Ho will always be that special train journey which brought me to a new station in life, and I’m truly thankful that we had someone like Surekha ji as the emotional anchor of this ship. She was definitely the youngest at heart on the sets, and had no airs about her stature.”