New Delhi: Sachin Tendulkar today mourned the sudden demise of Sridevi, saying it is hard to digest that the veteran actress is no more.
Sridevi passed away late last night reportedly due to cardiac
arrest in Dubai, where she had gone along with her family to attend her
nephew Mohit Marwah's wedding. She was 54.
"It is
really sad. When I woke up and read about it ... it is really sad I have
no words to express because we all grew up watching her and suddenly to
hear that she is no longer with us is hard to digest," Tendulkar said
after flagging off the 3rd IDBI Federal Life Insurance New Delhi
Marathon here today.
"My condolences to her family members and
everyone who followed her and loved her for everything that she was and
everything she did for us," he added.
Talking about the Marathon,
Tendulkar said: "Delhi as always have been competitive and where ever
we had other marathons, here we have doubled the numbers. The kind of
response we have seen here is magnificent and that clearly shows the
awareness that people just don't want to eat and sit back, they want to
work hard and burn those calories and that's healthy and fit lifestyle.
"We wanted to spread this message of making India fit and
healthy. There were HIV patients, few physically challenged, couple of
them in wheel chairs. Overall, from teenagers to 70-year-olds
participating makes it a special celebration and I hope it continues to
grow like this and we get closer to the target, it is a long way to go
but we are heading to the right direction.
PTI
