Sridevi Kapoor: India crowds say goodbye to Bollywood star

Earlier, crowds clutching roses queued outside the Celebration Sports Club in the city to bid farewell to the star.

A specially decorated truck carrying her body took hours to travel the 7km (4.3 miles) to the cemetery.

The actress was cremated with full state honours.

Her body was flown back to India on Tuesday night.

Sridevi, 54, died "due to accidental drowning following loss of consciousness", police said. She was found in her hotel bathtub.

Known simply as Sridevi, the actress was considered one of the very few Indian female superstars capable of huge box-office success without the support of a male hero. She appeared in nearly 300 films over five decades.

Chaos in Mumbai'

It was complete chaos on the streets of Mumbai as Sridevi's procession moved towards the cremation ground at snails pace.

Thousands of fans from Mumbai and India followed the truck carrying her body. The distance to the cremation ground from the sports club where her body was being kept this morning was barely 7km. But it took about two hours for the truck to get there.

Police had also closed one side of the road bringing traffic in the area to a standstill.

There was a visible air of sadness amid all the chaos - and fans were eager to get a last look at the star. People could be seen thronging the roadside and crowding overhead bridges.

People who were still in line to pay their last respects rushed to see the body as it was being carried out. Police had to step in to hold them back so the funeral procession could get underway.