Veteran actor Surekha Sikri died on Friday morning at the age of 75 following a cardiac arrest, her agent said. In a statement shared with the media, the agent said the actor had been suffering from complications arising from a second brain stroke. Sikri had suffered a brain stroke in September last year and was discharged after a few days. Several film personalities took to social media to pay their tributes to the national award winning actress.
Now joining the list is her Ghost Stories co-star Janhvi Kapoor. For the unversed, Janhvi and Surekha Sikri worked together in a short film for Netflix's horror anthology Ghost Stories which also saw Vijay Varma. The Dhadak actress took to her Instagram Stories to pay tribute to her co-star as she shared a photo of Surekha Sikri from back in the day. Janhvi captioned it, "Surekha Mam, a true legend. RIP (red heart emoji) (sic)." Sikri is best known for her performances in "Tamas", "Mammo", "Salim Langde Pe Mat Ro", "Zubeidaa", "Badhaai Ho" and daily soap "Balika Vadhu". She is survived by her son Rahul Sikri.