Bollywood actress Surekha Sikri dies

Veteran Indian actor Surekha Sikri has died at the age of 75 after suffering a cardiac arrest, her manager has said.

She had been unwell for several months, and had suffered a brain stroke in 2020.

Surekha Sikri made her debut in 1978, with the film Kissa Kursi Ka.

She won the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress thrice, for her roles in Tamas (1988), Mammo (1995) and Badhaai Ho (2018).

She gained prominence for her performance in the primtetime soap opera Balika Vadhu. Her performance in the Ayushmann Khurrana-starrer Badhaai Ho drew immense acclaim and was seen as somewhat of a career comeback.

She was last seen in director Zoya Akhtar's short film in the Netflix anthology Ghost Stories.