P iya ka
Chop a
took
a
mome t
o
S idevi’s
bi th
a ive sa y
to
update
fa s
o
the
highly
a ticipated
biog aphy
ch o icli g
the
ico ic
act ess’s
life
a d
legacy.
K ow
fo
he
ext ao di a y
body
of
wo k,
S idevi’s
co t ibutio
to
I dia
ci ema
emai s
u matched
eve
yea s
late .
Th ough
he
I stag am
sto ies,
P iya ka
offe ed
a
glimpse
i to
how
the
p oject
is
comi g
alo g,
ho ou i g
S idevi’s
memo y
o
this
special
occasio .
S idevi’s
biog aphy
cove
evealed
by
P iya ka
Chop a
Taki g
to
I stag am
sto y,
P iya ka
posted
the
book’s
cove ,
which
featu ed
the
title
‘Emp ess-
The
Defi itive
biog aphy
of
S idevi
..
“The
epitome
of
u mitigated
tale t”—Amitabh
Bachcha ,
Dhi aj
U.
Kuma .’
Alo gside
it,
she
captio ed,
“The
o e
a d
o ly.
You
a e
so
missed.
Happy
heave ly
bi thday
#S idevi
#Emp ess….comi g
soo .”
Bo ey
Kapoo ,
S idevi’s
husba d,
we t
o
to
esha e
P iya ka’s
post
o
his
ow
social
media.
S idevi’s
biog aphy
a ou ced
by
Westla d
Books
i
2023
Back
i
2023,
Westla d
Books
evealed
pla s
to
publish
a
official
biog aphy
of
S idevi.
The
book,
titled
‘S idevi:
The
Life
of
a
Lege d’,
will
ch o icle
the
jou ey
a d
ca ee
of
the
supe sta
who
uled
comme cial
I dia
ci ema
th ough
the
1980s
a d
1990s.
W itte
by
fi st-time
autho
Dhi aj
Kuma ,
it
p omises
a
i -depth
accou t
of
S idevi’s
life,
both
o
a d
off
the
came a.
Bo ey
Kapoo
o
the
autho
docume ti g
S idevi’s
legacy
Bo ey
Kapoo ,
i
his
stateme t,
spoke
fo dly
of
autho
Dhi aj
Kuma ,
whom
S idevi
had
co side ed
pa t
of
he
family.
He
desc ibed
Kuma
as
a
committed
esea che ,
w ite ,
a d
colum ist,
a d
exp essed
his
happi ess
that
it
was
Kuma
who
took
o
the
task
of
docume ti g
S idevi’s
ext ao di a y
life
a d
lasti g
legacy.
S idevi’s
u timely
demise
i
2018
Fo
those
who
may
ot
k ow,
S idevi
passed
away
o
Feb ua y
24,
2018,
i
Dubai
at
the
age
of
54.
The
acclaimed
act ess,
emembe ed
fo
films
such
as
‘M .
I dia’,
‘Cha d i’
a d
‘Himmatwala’,
died
of
ca diac
a est.
She
had
t avelled
to
Dubai
to
atte d
the
weddi g
of
he
elative,
acto
Mohit
Ma wah,
whe
the
t agedy
st uck.
Repo ts
f om
the
time
i dicated
that
she
collapsed
i
he
hotel
oom,
a d
despite
effo ts
by
a
medical
team
to
evive
he ,
she
could
ot
be
saved.
She
was
p o ou ced
dead
afte
bei g
ushed
to
a
hospital.
