Opened bathroom door at 8pm to find Sridevi dead, Boney recounts to friend Nahta

SrideviAs the mystery around Sridevis sudden demise last week continued her husband and film producer Boney Kapoor has opened up perhaps for the first time to a friend about his unscheduled trip to see his wife in Dubai how they hugged and kissed when he surprised her and how he found her lying in a bathtub full of water without a drop of water spilling outBoney has recounted the detailed account of what exactly transpired on the fateful evening of February 24 to his friend of 30 years trade analyst Komal Nahta who has reproduced the conversation in a blog shared on his official Twitter page Nahta wrote that Boney told him he pushed open the bathroom door which had not been locked from inside at around 8 pm after getting no response to loud calls for Sridevi and a knock on the door Earlier there had been a lot of speculation about the time that Boney had opened the bathroom doorNahta told IANS that the conversation happened on Wednesday before Sridevis funeral It was barely two hours after Boney surprised Sridevi his jaan and mother of their two daughters Janhvi and Khushi at Room No 2201 at Jumeirah Emirates Towers Hotel here that he faced the shock of her death writes Nahta Nahta likened Boneys unscheduled trip to Dubai to one such outing the producer had planned in Bangalore in 1994 to catch Sridevi by surprise Boney said On 24th February 24 morning I spoke to her When she told me Papa thats how she addressed Boney Im missing you I also told her that I was missing her a lot But I didnt tell her that I would be joining her in Dubai in the evening Janhvi had seconded my idea of going to Dubai because she was scared her mom not used to being alone would misplace her passport or some important document if she was aloneAccording to Boney there had been only two occasions in the last 24 years when they had not travelled together abroad when Sridevi had travelled to New Jersey and Vancouver for two film appearances Although I didnt accompany her on those two trips I made sure that my friends wife was with her on both the occasions The Dubai stay was the first time Sridevi was alone for two days 22nd and 23rd in a foreign land he saidBoney Sridevi and Khushi were in Dubai for a family wedding which wrapped up on February 20 While Boney returned to attend an important meeting to attend in Lucknow on February 22 Sridevi continued her stay in Dubai to shop for Janhvi and spent two days relaxing in her hotel room The producer told Nahta that he booked himself for a 330 pm flight to Dubai on February 24 and reached the hotel where his wife was staying at around 620 pm Dubai time After reaching the hotel where the couple hugged and kissed and chatted for around 15 minutes Boney freshened up and suggested they go on a romantic dinner Then Sridevi who as he says was in relaxation mode went for a bath I went to the living room while Sridevi went to the master bathroom to bathe and get ready Boney was quoted by Nahta as having said In the living room Boney told Nahta that he surfed channels and was watching the South AfricaIndia cricket match for few minutes followed by the Pakistan Super League cricket match highlights After around 1520 minutes he was restless as it was around 8 pm then and being a Saturday he felt restaurants would fill upNahta wrote Boneys impatience made him shout out to Sridevi from the living room itself After calling out to her twice Boney lowered the volume of the TV set Still no reply He then walked to the bedroom and knocked at the bathroom door and even called out to her The unsuspecting husband hearing the tap inside on then called out Jaan Jaan still louder but got no reply which was unusualHe panicked and opened the door which had not been bolted from inside nervous but yet not at all prepared for what he was going to see The tub was full of water and Sridevi was immersed completely from head to toe inside the tub Devastated he reached out to her but watching her motionless he feared the worstSridevi had drowned Boneys world had come crashing down The muchloved actress sudden demise raised several questionsBut as Nahta puts it Whether she first drowned and then became unconscious or she first fell asleep or unconscious and then drowned nobody will perhaps ever know But she probably never got a chance to even struggle for a minute because had she moved her arms and legs in panic while drowning there would be some water spilling out of the tub But there wasnt a drop of water on the floor outside the tub areaThe mystery will remain unsolvedAlso read Janhvi Kapoor pens her sentiments after mom Sridevis death and it will melt your heartCatch up on all the latest entertainment news and gossip here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updatesThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the 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