Sridevi’s untimely demise has become the national news which none of the Bollywood fans are able to digest. India’s first female superstar, who happily attended a wedding in Dubai, died due to accidental drowning in bath tub and the country was shattered. There have been immense speculations over her personal life since then and one of them is her marriage. Naturally, her husband-producer Boney Kapoor was depressed with the kind of rumors were spread around. Now it turns out that he, along with dear friend and director Shekhar Kapoor, will do a documentary on the late legendary actress.

As per the reports in Asian Age, a source revealed, “It will be a kind of one-stop visual legacy on her life and cinema, with the rarest of rare footage and voices of everyone who mattered in her life. Boney is very disturbed by what he considers untruths that are being spread about his wife’s death. As far as he’s concerned, they had a perfect marriage. He spends a lot of time now reliving their golden moments together.”

Just like Sridevi’s shocking demise, Bollywood had earlier witnessed similar unexpected departures from the industry. Some of the celebs that left many unanswered questions in the minds of the fans. There were also innumerable reports surrounding the death, making it laborious to know the actual truth. The controversies overshadowed their work and their images remained in the minds more for these so called breaking news than their contribution to the field. So how were they as a people? These are some of the actors, we would to love to know more about through a documentary.

Pyaasa actor Guru Dutt. (Movie Stills)

Guru Dutt: The man who gave the industry movie gems like Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam, Kaagaz Ke Phool, Aar Paar, Mr. & Mrs. 55, Pyaasa, left the world leaving the void in the town. There were speculations that he mixed sleeping pills in the alchohol. There were also reports that he had tried to commit suicide three times earlier. However, what was he as a person, no one knows and a documentary on him would go well with the fans.

Mughal-e-Azam actress Madhubala. (Movie Still)

Madhubala: We don’t even need to know why we need a documentary on her. She is considered the most beautiful and talented actress the industry ever had. However her demise at the mere age of 36, due to heart ailment left everyone traumatized. Madhubala’s sad love story with Dilip Kumar and her marriage with Kishore Kumar are widely discussed till date. Her popular films consist of Mughal-e-Azam, Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi, Mr. & Mrs. '55 and more.

Shaan actress Parveen Babi. (Movie Still)

Parveen Babi: There have been a few films inspired on the hot yesteryear diva, yet we need to have a full-fledged documentary to get an idea about her life. Shaan, Amar Akbar Anthony, Kaalia, Deewar, Do aur Do Paanch are some of the films that she featured in. However, her relationship with Mahesh Bhatt and her ailment in the last few days stole everyone’s attention.

Namak Halal actress Smita Patil. (Pic Credits: Facebook@EkArts)

Smita Patil: The dusky beauty set standards of acting in her own unique way and no one can match to her kind of performance. After giving birth to Prateik Babbar, she left the world due to pregnancy complications. However her relationship with husband Raj Babbar hit controversies and thus many things were left unexplained. She was seen in films like Namak Halal, Arth, Manthan, Shakti, Jait Re Jait to name a few.

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