Balika Vadhu TV Show Veteran Actor Surekha Sikri Dies at age of 75
NEW DELHI: Veteran actor Surekha Sikri, known for her work in films Mammo, Badhaai Ho, and TV show Balika Vadhu, died on Friday morning at the age of 75 following a cardiac arrest.
Best known to contemporary audiences as Dadisa from the popular Indian soap opera Balika Vadhu and the cantankerous-yet-lovable mother-in-law from Badhaai Ho!, the Delhi-born artist, spent her childhood days in the hills of the Kumaon region of Uttarakhand.
She completed her graduation from the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), Uttar Pradesh, and then enrolled for the National School of Drama (NSD) in 1968.
Post her graduation from the NSD in 1971, Sikri continued to work in theatre and was attached with the NSD Repertory Company for more than a decade, performing in hit productions such as Sandhya Chhaya, Tughlaq, and Adhe Adhure.
In a statement shared with the media, the agent said the actor was suffering from complications arising out of a second brain stroke.
"Three-time national award-winning actress, Surekha Sikri has passed away following a cardiac arrest earlier this morning at the age of 75. She had been suffering from complications arising from a second brain stroke," the actor's agent Vivek Sidhwani said.
She made her debut in the 1978 political drama film Kissa Kursi Ka and went on to play supporting roles in numerous Hindi and Malayalam films, as well as in Indian soap operas.
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