Where does it leave me?

Madhuri Dixit or Sridevi?

                                                                       Bombay Talkies 

In the film anthology Bombay Talkies, the character portrayed by Rani Mukerji claimed you can tell if a man is gay by asking if he prefers either Madhuri Dixit, or Sridevi?

Where does this put me?

I have seen several Madhuri movies, and didn't like any until the Netflix series The Fame Game. This is mainly because she spent her early years in musicals with Anil Kapoor, and Aamir Khan, and I cannot abide either of the men, or the musicals they were in.

As for Sridevi, for no particular reason I have not seen any of her films, again she appears a lot with Anil Kapoor. Sridevi didn't have a long career, though she was the top Bollywood lady of her era. Her death is a mystery, the answer to which lies with her husband Boney Kapoor.

If the family did allow an inquest, it would create more questions than it would answer, the main one would be, if you had nothing to hide, why demand there was no death certificate issued?

At the time of her "death," Sridevi had been forced out of retirement to make films to cover the cost of her husband's trials. Why I don't think it was an "accidental death" is Sridevi took out a life insurance policy which was the amount to cover Boney's bills, stating it could be paid if she died in Dubai, then she flew to the city for her daughter's wedding. By his admission, he found her drowned in the bath, but there were no water marks around the bath. This happens if the bather is taken by surprise; even if you are sleepy, as she was, if you slip under the water the gag reflex kicks in, but there were no water splashes at the scene.

At best, the death could have been classed as assisted suicide; by that I mean, Sridevi was depressed, and to overhear someone casually say, "If she died, his debts would be cleared," may have been the trigger for her to take her life, if she did?

Other things don't add up either, as the most notable face in the cinema in India, why were no images of her seen online for two days before she died? Why did the family tell the hotel not to open the door to her room for two days?

The answers to these question will NEVER be answered as the Kapoor Family are Bollywood Royalty. As I said, if they did answer the questions, it would lead to more questions, and after hiding the truth for several years, would you believe them?