Her personal life was a disaster and her husband George went to the court to claim the house, which was built out of her money in the upscale area of Chennai, Raja Annamalaipuram. After a lot of struggle she won the case against him and eventually a divorce from him, but the incident left a huge impact on her personal life. She relocated to Chennai, which was always her hometown, to Kerala in search of peace and concentrated on her mini screen career.

A good singer and a dancer too

Srividya was a trained singer and excelled in dance forms such as Mohiniyattam. She, with her sister had performed Mohiniyattam in numerous stages during her childhood days. She has even sung for a Tamil movie Amaran.

Srividya’s ‘No-entry’ for visitors

She spent the last days of her life estranging herself from her friends and relatives. She was taken care by her friend and co-artist Ganesh, who is a Malayalam actor and his mother. Srividya denied permission to visitors during her days ensuing her end. However, Kamal paid a visit to her at the Avittam Thirunal Hospital in Trivandrum and offered her to fly anywhere in the world for medical attention.

She was 53 when a heart attack and an internal bleeding took her away. Her body was kept for public homage in Trivandrum and later cremated with due government respects in Kerala. Her brother set fire on her pyre. The demise of Srividya has left hollowness behind in the tinsel town, which can never be replaced.

Behindwoods joins her bereaving fans and deeply mourns the loss of Srividya.