Sridevi Kapoor: Bollywood star wins posthumous acting gong

   Bollywood actress SrideviKapoor, who died in February, has been awarded                   posthumously India's National Film Award for Best Actres

   Sridevi, as she was simply known, died aged 54

  Bollywood actress Sridevi Kapoor, who died in February, has been awarded                posthumously India’s National Film Award for Best Actress.

  Actor and politician Vinod Khanna, who died last year, was also honoured, with India's          highest film prize, the Dadasaheb Phalke award.

  The families of both actors attended the 65th annual ceremony in New Delhi.

  “Sridevi would have been very happy today,” her widower Boney Kapoor told Indian   media on receiving the accolade. “We miss her, it is a very proud moment at the         same time.”

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 The Bollywood star, who began acting at four years old, had featured in 300 films, including classics Mr India, Chandni and ChaalBaaz. She was considered one of the very few Indian female superstars capable of huge box-office success without the support of a male hero.

   Media caption“We miss you, Sridevi”: Fans pay tribute to the Bollywood superstar