MUMBAI â Three-time National Award-winner actress Surekha Sikri-Rege, who excelled equally on stage, films, television and web series, passed away following a cardiac arrest early July 16.
She was 76 and breathed her last surrounded by her family members and caregivers. The family requested for privacy in their hour of grief.
A former sister-in-law of veteran actor Naseeruddin Shah, Sikri had lost her husband Hemant Rege around 12 years ago and is survived by their son Rahul Sikri.
Sikri had been ailing for the past few years after having suffered a paralytic stroke in 2018, followed by a brain haemorrhage in 2020.
Born in Delhi, she spent time at the famed Aligarh Muslim University and then joined the National School of Drama, graduating from there in 1971.
मुंबई, 16 जुलाई (एजेंसी)
राष्ट्रीय पुरस्कार विजेता अभिनेत्री सुरेखा सीकरी (75) का निधन शुक्रवार सुबह हृदय गति रुकने से हो गया। एक बयान में अदाकारा के एजेंट विवेक सिधवानी ने बताया कि दूसरे मस्तिष्काघात के बाद उन्हें स्वास्थ्य संबंधी बहुत परेशानियां हो रही थीं। आखिरी समय में उनका परिवार और उनकी देखभाल करने वाले उनके पास थे। सीकरी को पिछले साल सितम्बर में मस्तिष्काघात हुआ था और वह कु�
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Veteran actress Surekha Sikri won hearts and a National Award with her feisty performance of a quirky robust ‘dadi’ (grandmother) in successful and critically acclaimed ‘Badhaai Ho’.
Three-time National Award winner, she had a winning smile that never failed to connect. It’s hard to imagine we have seen the last of sprightly acts of the actor, who was last seen as a bedridden patient in director Zoya Akhtar’s short film in the Netflix anthology ‘Ghost Stories’.
An NSD alumna who made her film debut with ‘Kissa Kursi Ka’ (1978), her filmography with films like ‘Sardari Begum’, ‘Zubeidaa’, ‘Hari Bhari’, ‘Sarfarosh’ and Rituparna Ghosh’s ‘Raincoat’ runs long. So does her innings on television, which includes Govind Nihalini’s critical success ‘Tamas’.
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Updated: Jul 17, 2021, 01:33 PM IST
Three-time National Award-winner actress Surekha Sikri-Rege, who excelled equally on stage, films, television and web series, passed away following a cardiac arrest early on Friday. She was 76 and breathed her last surrounded by her family members and caregivers. The family requested privacy in their hour of grief. A former sister-in-law of veteran actor Naseeruddin Shah, Sikri had lost her husband Hemant Rege around 12 years ago and is survived by their son Rahul Sikri.