Rajesh Khanna and his leading ladies; Sridevi, Jaya Prada, Padmini Kolhapure

Rajesh Khanna and his leading ladies; Sridevi, Jaya Prada, Padmini Kolhapure 

From the film Naya Kadam, one of the big blockbusters of 1984.  

Released on 5 October 1984 

Sridevi and Rajesh Khanna in Naya Kadam (1984)

Sridevi and Rajesh Khanna in the blockbuster Hindi film Naya Kadam (1984)

Today, 29 Dec, is Rajesh Khanna's birth anniversary. The original superstar of the Indian film industry, India hasn't seen such dizzying heights of superstardom - and the inevitable Grecian fall - ever before or ever since. 

Sridevi on the sets of Naya Kadam (1984)

 Sridevi on the sets of Naya Kadam (1984)

Three women and a big baby: Sridevi, Jaya Prada, Padmini Kolhapure with Rajesh Khanna

Three women and a big baby: Sridevi, Jaya Prada, Padmini Kolhapure with Rajesh Khanna on the sets of Naya Kadam. 

Released on 5 October 1984, today is the 38th anniversary of the hit film. 

At some point or another, many actresses have spoken about how temperamental and mercurial Rajesh Khanna was. Hmm. 

The tenth biggest hit of 1984. 

 

Rajesh Khanna with Sridevi in Naya Kadam (1984)

Rajesh Khanna with Sridevi in Naya Kadam (1984) 

Sridevi with Rajesh Khanna, Jaya Prada and Padmini Kolhapure in Naya Kadam (1984)

Sridevi with Rajesh Khanna, Jaya Prada and Padmini Kolhapure on the sets of Naya Kadam

Rare pics of the cast cracking up on set, Naya Kadam was a commercial success becoming the sixth highest grossing Indian film of 1984!

Gorgeous Sridevi in Naya Kadam (1984)

Young Sridevi (possibly around age 20) in the film Naya Kadam (1984). She's been rockin' those yellow chiffon saris pre-Chandni days. Beautiful then, divine now; Sridevi's style  is eternal.

So immensely watchable even in some rather blah movies from the 1980s... like this one!

How Sridevi was supposed to age... according to Naya Kadam (1984)

Sridevi in Naya Kadam (1984).

Released on 5 October, 1984, it was the sixth highest grossing film of the year. 

In the movie, there's a scene which shows aging Sridevi... Sridevi of course never aged. 

Sridevi with Jaya Prada, Padmini Kolhapure and Rajesh Khanna in Naya Kadam (1984)

Sridevi in Naya Kadam (1984). A film with Rajesh Khanna with three of Bollywood's leading ladies of the time; Sridevi, Padmini Kolhapure and Jaya Prada. 

Some of these screencaps of Sridevi from the song Phool Jahan (sung by Kishore Kumar and Aasha Bhosle). Rare images of the cast from the sets of the film. The bedazzled sari look and glittering ensembles... the 80s was a strange decade for film fashion. But Sridevi looked gorgeous in this movie. 

Sridevi, Rajesh Khanna, Jaya Prada and Padmini Kolhapure