Surekha Sikri was a three-time national award-winning veteran actress who passed away on July 16 following a cardiac arrest. She was 75 years old. While Anupam Kher termed her as his senior and an actress par excellence, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee also condoled her death.
Let’s see how the veterans paid tributes to this artist.
Surekha Sikri (19 April 1945 – 16 July 2021) was a veteran of Hindi theatre.
She made her debut in the 1978 political drama film Kissa Kursi Ka. In fact, she entered the drama world while pursuing her studies at Aligarh University. She felt so much appealed by the world that she enrolled in National School of Drama and later went on to play supporting roles in numerous Hindi and Malayalam films, as well as in Indian soap operas.