First name only: Kajol, Rekha, Sridevi: Our Cher, Madonna, Beyonce

From the early days of Bollywood, we've had mononymously famous actress, Nargis, Nutan, Madhubala... to Rekha, Sridevi, Kajol...  

mononym 

mon-uh-nim

ˈmɒn ə nɪm / noun 

The name of a person who has or is known by only one name, usually a given name without a surname. 

Example: "... Bajans know her as Robyn Fenty, but she is known in the rest of the world by her mononym, Rihanna...."

Collage of the Top 90s Actresses: Madhuri Dixit, Kajol, Sridevi, Aishwarya Rai, Juhi Chawla and Raveena Tandon

Collage of the Top 90s Actresses: Madhuri Dixit, Kajol, Sridevi, Aishwarya Rai, Juhi Chawla and Raveena Tandon 

Women Killing it in Comedy: Sridevi, Juhi Chawla, Kajol and... Kareena?! Really?!

Women Killing it in Comedy: Sridevi, Juhi Chawla, Kajol and... Kareena?! Really?! 

Don't get me wrong, when Kareena's good, she's amazing. but never once can I think of comedy and Mrs.Khan... 

oh well. 

Juhi of course has always been a phenomenal. 

Sridevi is beyond compare. 

And Kajol's funny on and off screen. Wit takes intelligence and she has spades of it. 

Juhi, currently one of the wealthiest women in India played all her cards right. Sridevi is... Sridevi! 

 

The Race to the top: Sunday magazine edtiion: Sridevi, Juhi, Urmila, Kajol

By 1997, Sunday magazine, was looking for the Next Number One Leading lady... 

These were the contenders... 

Sridevi looking glorious here. 

Urmila having a bad hair day. 

Happy Birthday Kajol: A hug from Sridevi for Kajol

Happy Birthday Kajol: A hug from Sridevi for Kajol 

Wish I had this clip too - it was too cute, when Kajol surprises Sridevi at Manish Malhotra's show. Mutual appreciation society; Kajol was/is a Sridevi superfan, and Sri often listed Kajol as a perennial fav. 

Happy days Kajol. For my gen, DDLJ was/is everything. 

The leading ladies: Sridevi, Jaya Prada, Kajol, Urmila: 80s and 90s in Bollywood

The leading ladies: Sridevi, Jaya Prada, Kajol, Urmila: 80s and 90s in Bollywood 

 

Happy Birthday Kajol: Sridevi superfan

On this blessed day, Sridevi superfan Kajol turns 47. On Anupam Kher's celebrity chat show, Kuch Bhi Ho Sakta Hai (Anything can Happen), Indian actress Kajol spoke at length about how much she admires... Sridevi. 

She expressed her love for the iconic Indian actress, long before she herself started working in Bollywood. 

“I used to love Sridevi and I still tell her that she should open a school where I will be the first student," she said to actor Anupam Kher, who himself has worked with Sridevi in several films and is a self-professed Sridevi fan. 

"She is a chameleon, an actor in the true sense. If you watch her movie Chandni, Lamhe, Sadma, I feel all of it has something to offer for the character she is playing and for that matter even Khuda Gawah. She is just awesome. The most amazing part is that in her eyes you can’t see the age thing because she has that spark that remains undiminished."

Happy Birthday Kajol! Sridevi, Kajol, Neha, Huma, Sophie at Manish Malhotra's show: Front-row celebs

 

Sridevi with Kajol, Neha Dhupia, Huma Qureshi and Sophie Choudry at Mansih Malhotra's show back in March 2015. 

Kajol's fav Sridevi, Sridevi's fav was Kajol - there are so many images and times when you can find Kajol and Sridevi looking for the other at events. They were so cute - wonder what it would have been like to see them together in a film? Alas... 

Anyhoo, today's the day to celebrate the firebrand Kajol. The actress celebrates her 47th birthday. 

Tinsel Town: Over the Top: Sridevi shares cover with newcomer Kajol and Kamal Sadhanah: August 1992

This year, we will be archiving every feature of Sridevi from the 80s and 90s for posterity, for fans young and old, new and life-long ones especially.

We will be preserving the living and loving memory of Sridevi till the end of our time.

Excerpt from the cover story of Tinsel Town, from back in 1992.  Sadly, the magazine closed its business years ago - and we used to love the glossy as it often featured gorgeous, original shots of Sridevi on the cover.

Excerpt:

Sridevi

By Kamal Deep Chopra and Trisha Narayana

Sridevi is an anachronism. That is the latest buzzword. The pigtails in Khuda Gawah sealed her fate. It is said that when a snot-so-young actress resorts to braids and coquetry, it's curtain calls. But Sridevi is also a survivor. Every time the media shifts to a two-hit wonder, she quietly but surely asserts herself and ricochets back into the the reckoning. Let us flashback to a time when Sridevi left her numero uno position in the South to sweat it out in one of Bombay's studios, for a film with Amol Palekar.

Solvaa Saawan laid an egg and she was sent scurrying back to Rajahmundhry. But an unflappable Sridevi came back to bare her thighs and sizzle amidst pots and pans. Himmatwala spawned a series of Madras masalas. And she became busy, for her trek to stardom had begun. At a time when Hema Malini and Rekha were quite content with ruling the roost, Sridevi began to make her presence felt. She edged out the big ones, whizzed past Padmini Kolhapure and Rati Agnihotri and was running neck-to-neck with Jaya Prada. Everything she touched turned gold. Jaya Prada made a fatal flaw. She refused Nagina, a decision she was not going to forget in a hurry. Nagina ensured serpentine queues outside the theatres and Sri's nexus with success was established.

She metamorphosed into one of our most complete actresses. Pretenders to the number one position were left far behind. She picked her roles carefully. She even refused films with Amitabh Bachchan because she was convinced that the heroines blended well with the woodwork in his films. Years after Aakhri Raasta, she agreed to do Khuda Gawah because of a plum double role, a hitherto unheard of phenomenon in a Bachchan film.

The Adrenalin flowed through Yash Chopra when he made Chandni for her. She stole the show even in hero dominated plots. Remember a film called Mr India? With films like Chaalbaaz, Sridevi stormed even the male bastions and posed threats to our rose-complexioned narcissistic heroes. A top actor made sure to rehearse before he came on the sets of his Sridevi starrer. Such is the power this woman commands. A complete actress...


Tinsel Town, August 1992

Sridevi with Kajol and Jaya Bachchchan

TBT: Sridevi, Vrinda Mehta, Kajol and Jaya Bachchan.

Her celeb ladies squad!

PS: Vrinda Mehta is a celebrity personal trainer; you can follow her

 Shivohamofficial@shivfitofficial

Sridevi loved Kajol, Kajol loved Sridevi

Kajol took to instagram to post her message to Sridevi on her untimely demise:

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• kajolU r loved mourned missed remembered . And forever relevant ! If cinema has a hundred years u were in fifty of them..... . Keep smiling #sridevi

Kajol and Sridevi hug it out at Manish Malhotra Mijwan 2017 Show

That Kajol is a famous Sridevi fan is no secret. And Sridevi's a fan of Kajol too - this mutual love fest is adorable! See the youtube clip of them meeting and hugging at Manish Malhotra's show. Its beyond adorable.

Kajol fans out over Sridevi at Manish Malhotra's house party

The night before Karan Johar hosted the most glam party of all-time in Mumbai/Bollywood, Manish Malhotra had a few of his famed friends come to his house - which included the superb actresses Kajol and Sridevi. Kajol, who has been a famous fan of Sri for years - posted this on her social media account and we love it! Even a superstar like her is a fan of 'the' Sridevi! Too cute.

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• kajol Finally got up the courage after so many years and had my fan moment with the super awesome Sridevi. Happy birthday to my rock star friend who gave me such an awesome back present ;)

Sridevi's kiss for birthday boy Manish Malhotra: Designer turns 50 with a superstar's super kiss

Sridevi posts on her official instagram account:

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• sridevi.kapoorHappy Birthday to my dearest friend, thank you for always being there for me. You are the real shining star ❤️ love you, hope you conquer new heights this year and make us all even prouder than you already have.

Well at 50, he's hardly a 'boy', but designer to the stars Manish Malhotra got an early birthday present as the superstar, actress Sridevi, landed a smooch on his cheeky cheeks! Such a cute pic. He in fact, does look like a little boy here!

Manish turned 50 on Dec 5th and, like, Sri, looks decades younger. 

The star-designer duo have had a long working history together. See the entire archive of collaborations between Manish Malhotra and Sridevi here.

More images from Manish Malhotra's 50th birthday bash here:

Sridevi gets a hug from Aishwarya Rai as Manish Malhotra looks on.

Famous Fan: Kajol, "Sridevi is a chameleon. She should open an acting school. She's my favourite."

On the soon-to-air episode of Kuch Bhi Ho Sakta Hai (Anything can Happen), hosted by Anupam Kher, Indian actress Kajol spoke at length about how much she admires... Sridevi.

She expressed her love for the iconic Indian actress, who she was a fan of long before she herself started working in Bollywood.

“I used to love Sridevi and I still tell her that she should open a school where I will be the first student," she said to actor Anupam Kher, who himself has worked with Sridevi in several films and is a self-professed Sridevi fan.

"She is a chameleon, an actor in the true sense. If you watch her movie Chandni, Lamhe, Sadma, I feel all of it has something to offer for the character she is playing and for that matter even Khuda Gawah. She is just awesome. The most amazing part is that in her eyes you can’t see the age thing because she has that life and passion that she still wants to do something with her life,” stated Kajol on the popular TV show.

Manish Malhotra, Kajol and Sridevi. From the early 90s. Rare pic

October 2015

Repost below: Sridevi and Kajol seen at an awards function together earlier this year.

UPDATE: Finally! We have a clip

with Kajol on magazine cover

Both fine actresses and superstars, here's a rare moment where Sridevi and Kajol share the same frame. On the cover of Malayalam magazine.

Sridevi and Kajol at Asiavision Radio and Television Awards 2015

Kajol and Sridevi  

At the Asiavision Radio and Television Awards 2015, Kajol and Sridevi were honoured. While Sridevi was given the Icon of India award at the event, Kajol picked up the Pride of India honours.