Sridevi's fashion spread in the 1980s!
The most comprehensive fan blog dedicated to India's most beautiful and greatest actress of all-time (in our humble opine!), Sridevi. Sridevi aka Sreedevi, ruled Indian cinema (with awesome performances in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Hindi films) in a career spanning 50 incredible years featuring 266 films. Born in Sivakasi on August 13 1963, her untimely and tragic death on February 24, 2018 left a nation in mourning. In our hearts, she'll forever be, the eternal Queen of Bollywood.
Thursday, 3 April 2025
Jaya Prada turns 63: Arch rival who finally ate humble pie
Jaya Prada is 63 today. A long history of tu-tu-main-main we've recorded here in the past. In the early 1980s, hard to believe, but I was a bigger fan of Jaya Prada than Sridevi. Was obessessed with the film and songs of Sharaabi and Jaya Prada was dazzling in the movie, then her performance in Sanjog, Sargam and Saagar Sangamam proved she could act while looking like a dream, and she's always been a classically trained dancer of note. But somewhere she hit a ceiling... while Sridevi came and started shattering those glass ceilings.
You became a Sridevi fan by sheer force of her dominance at the boxoffice and pure range. It was meant to be a photo-finish between Sridevi vs the world of newcomers, but Sridevi proved she was in a league of her own.
Sridevi with Jaya Prada over the years: Reel sisters, Real Rivals
The media and I have written too often about their feud to repeat it again but if you know, you know! The almost admission of mea culpa after Sridevi's demise bordered on the sincere, but her re-writing history we will not patronise. The actress (and her brother) pulled strings to defame Sridevi, block her movies in theatres and took clear pot-shots when they knew media-shy Sridevi would not retaliate. The folly of youth... at least both tried to make amends by the end.
An iconic beauty and dancer of Indian cinema, the actress turns 63 today.
Wednesday, 2 April 2025
Sridevi in a blue sari in Army (1996)
Sridevi in the mid 1980s: The white dress and red lipstick
Sridevi in the mid 1980s: The white dress and red lipstick
Tuesday, 1 April 2025
Sridevi at the launch of Teerandaz
A film that had a lavish mahurat... but never got made, Sridevi's white and gold ensemble for Teerandaz. Not even a scene was shot. Just a few seconds of a song.
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