Sridevi

Question- Recently the famous Bollywood actress Sridevi passed away. She was awarded with –
(a) Padma Bhushan
(b) Padma Shri
(c) Yash Bharti
(d) Yash Chopra Memorial Award
Answer: (b) 
Related Facts: 

  • On 24th February, 2018, Famous Bollywood Actress Sridevi passed away in Dubai (UAE). She was 54 years old.
  • Her childhood name was Shree Amma Yanger Ayyapan.
  • She started his Hindi film career with the film ‘Solva Sawan’ as the lead actor.
  • She also worked in Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam films.
  • ‘Chandni’, ‘Lamhe’, ‘Mr. India’, ‘Nagina’, ‘Trick’, ‘Himmatwala’, ‘Tohfa’, and ‘Mawali’ etc. are some of her hits films.
  • After a long interval, she re-entered in 2012in Bollywood film industry with the film ‘English Vinglish’.
  • In the year 2017, his last film ‘Mom’ was released.
  • In the year 2013, she was awarded the Padma Shri by the Central Government.

Reference:
http://variety.com/2018/film/global/sridevi-bollywood-actress-dead-dies-1202709919/