Chandni (1989): Rishi Kapoor and Sridevi in Switzerland

Sridevi's iconic title-role and film, Chandni. She and Rishi Kapoor sparkled in the film. Flawless performances by both.

Released on 28 November 1986. 

Rishi Kapoor and Sridevi in Chandni

Everything you wanted to know about the film and a collection of pics from this flawless movie here.

Sridevi in Chandni

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Sridevi's 80s fashion shoot: The purple, the fabric, the hat...

Sridevi's 80s fashion shoot! 

Sridevi on the sets of Nazrana

Sridevi on the sets of Nazrana (1987). The colourful dance costume and accessories. 

Think Pink: Sridevi as a bride on the sets of Chand Ka Tukda

Sridevi, dressed as a bride for the film Chaand Kaa Tukdaa. 

Sridevi's glamorous cover shoot outtakes from the early 90s

Above: August 1990, Sridevi's outtakes from a Showtime cover shoot. 

Photography by the late great Gautam Rajadhyaksha. 

Below - clearly shot on the same day. Sridevi in satin. The images were used in a cover shoot for Stardust and Filmfare magazine. 

Chaalbaaz (1989): Sridevi whips everyone into shape

Sridevi in Chaalbaaz. Powerful on screen - and off! 

Sridevi has mostly essayed roles of empowered women, from the whip carrying diva in Himmatwala, to the gun-totting Sherni, to Manju, the take-no-nonsense spitfire in Chaalbaaz.

She was a firecracker off screen too; refusing roles where the hero had all the glory, fighting with film producers in court, taking no nonsense from the press, rude questions were shut down quickly, if a choreographer gave a step she wasn't comfortable with, she put paparaazi in their place! She certainly was unmovable when it came to remuneration and when it came to clocking out on time when her shift was done! 

No one puts Sri baby on the side. 

Chandni (1989): Yash Chopra's classic

Film producer and director Yash Chopra said about Sri, "Sridevi is such a good actress that she merged into the character of my heroine Chandni. She made the character overpower her star image. That is her biggest asset. Imagine an actress from the south has become a living character in the north! Now you have Chandni sarees, salwar kameez and even chudiyan."

Sridevi: The Last Empress? Filmfare's cover

 

Filmfare cover shoot by Rakesh Shreshta. Sridevi rocks it out - these images came out first and were later used during Gumrah promotions.

Sridevi with Mithun Chakraborty in Waqt ki Awaz (1988): Yet another 1980s Bollywood blockbuster

Released on July 1, 1988, Waqt Ki Awaz (The Sound of Time) was a major commercial success at the box-office despite lacklustre reviews and little critical acclaim, becoming the fifth highest-grossing film of 1988. 

With Mithun Chakraborty and Sridevi leading the cast, supported by Moushumi Chatterjee, Kader Khan, Shakti Kapoor, Ranjeet, Gulshan Grover and Asrani, the movie was one of the three blockbusters in the quartet of films Mithun and Sri did together. A remake of the 1986 Telugu film Khaidi Rudraiah, the stars made record collections for film producers at the time as they proved critics irrelevant. The wide chasm between audiences and reviewers... remain!