Divya Bharti's Funeral

Divya’s body was handed over to her relatives by the coroner's court at
Cooper hospital at 0730 hrs on 7 Apr and taken to Archana Kutir - Juhu
residence of her father.

Mr O P Bharati had suffered a mild heart attack yesterday. He was
discharged from hospital at 1030 hrs today.

A large number of film personalities, including Hema Malini, Karisma Kapoor,
Sangeeta Bijlani, Chandni, Manisha Koirala and Asha Parekh, offered condolences
to the bereaved family members at their residence.

The body was placed in an ambulance at 1130 hrs and followed by a convoy of
about 40 cars to the crematorium.

Sajid was discharged in the morning from Cooper hospital where he had also
been admitted yesterday after he collapsed on hearing of Divya’s demise.

The funeral pyre was lit at 1215 hrs by Sajid who fainted soon after
lighting the pyre at the Vile Parle crematorium in North-West Bombay.

There was a presence of about 500 people from all sections of the film industry,
including Anil Kapoor, Amrish Puri, Raj Babbar, Yash Chopra, Jimmy Nirula,
Sudhakar Bokade, Mukesh Duggal, Raza murad, Vikas Anand, Ram Mohan,
Javed Khan, Raj Kanwar, Nitin Manmohan and Pehlaj Nehlani, maker of her first
hit, shola aur shabnam.