Sridevi’s body to be flown back to India today

In his condolence message, Rawat prayed to god to give strength to her family in this hour of tragedy. The chief minister said she would always be in our hearts because of her contribution to India cinema.

It's shocking. No one had thought that this would happen. She had just returned to films. As an actor she could carry films on her shoulders. She was a pan-Indian actress & an icon of our industry. My heart goes out to her family: Sudhir Mishra, Film Director on #Sridevi pic.twitter.com/I7jgpQuSRG

& mdash; ANI (@ANI) February 25, 2018

Stating that Sridevi's death has caused an irreparable loss to the film fraternity, Kumar said "Sridevi was an excellent actress. The Government of India honoured Sridevi with Padma Shri award for her important contributions to the Indian film industry."

The CM prayed to the almighty to provide courage and strength to the relatives, fans and followers to bear the loss, an official release said.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en"> I loved her, admired her so much. My 1st ever acting shot was with Sri Devi, I was nervous in front of her n I remember her shaking her hands pretending 2b nervous cause of me just 2 boost my confidence. V had 2 laugh,n she kept laughing until I got it right. Will miss you mam <a href="https://t.co/OYXfurcIFx">pic.twitter.com/OYXfurcIFx</a></p> &mdash; Hrithik Roshan (@iHrithik) <a href="https://twitter.com/iHrithik/status/967670598028746754?ref_src=twsrc^tfw">February 25, 2018</a> </blockquote>

Sridevi's brother-in-law and actor Sanjay Kapoor has said the whole family was in shock with the sudden demise of the veteran actress. He also said that she had no history of heart ailment.

"We are completely shocked. She had no history of a heart attack," he said.

Badminton ace Saina Nehwal took to Instagram to share a picture of herself alongside the ever young looking actress with a caption which read as "Will miss u mam #sridevibkapoor ..RIP

A tweet posted late Saturday night by superstar Amitabh Bachchan is sending shivers up social media's spine. A little after midnight, he wrote about feeling a sense of unease, tweeting in Hindi: "Na jaane kyun, ek ajeeb si ghabrahat ho rahi hain."

Ever since the news broke out, Sridevi's Lokhandwala home - where she used to live with her husband Boney Kapoor and two daughters Janhvi and Khushi - witnessed a steady stream of ardent fans assembling outside her house to pay their respects.

Two police vans have been stationed and the security, too, has been beefed up to avoid any commotion outside her residence.

According to an Airports Authority of India source, a private jet is being flown to Dubai to carry the late actor's mortal remains.

The aircraft which will bring Sridevi's body is likely to depart from Mumbai around 1 pm and will arrive in Dubai at 4 pm. It is expected to reach Mumbai around 8pm.

"Saddened at the untimely passing away of Sridevi, one of the most popular actors of a generation. Condolences to her family, her colleagues in the industry and fans," Banerjee posted on her Twitter handle.