Sridevi's microphone shoot with Rakesh Shreshta

 

Sridevi's microphone shoot with Rakesh Shreshta! This was shot long before Gumrah, but the image was used for film promotions. 

Sridevi

The face of Indian cinema: Sridevi. "Born to act..." and to become a legend. 
 

Boney Kapoor's kiss from Sridevi

What Sridevi never did on screen, she did off! A kiss for Boney Kapoor. The actress and the film producer, their affair was 'the' scandal of 1997. People will scarcely believe the ripples of this seismic event, the marriage, the baby, the furor, the press! We have it all.... only some we've published online. 

 

Another day, another year remembering Sridevi

 

Akshay Khanna is trending on Social Media: So is this clip of him with Sridevi

Akshay Khanna is trending on Social Media: So is this clip of him with Sridevi. 

As he said, it really is a pleasure and honour to observe the great Sridevi at work. By the time her swansong released, the Hindi thriller Mom in 2017, she had not only mastered the craft, she dominated it. While several of her contemporaries, seniors and to some extent even those who came after her looked for relevance in a ruthless and cut-throat industry that chews up and spits out women in an agist and sexist manner (it still persists despite what frothy and ineffectual editorials claim), Sridevi was leading title roles and delivering award-winning performances till the bitter end.

Sridevi and her costars: Amitabh Bachchan, Anil Kapoor, Salman Khan, Deepak Malhotra, Shahrukh Khan, Akshay Kumar, Rishi Kapoor

Sridevi and her costars: Amitabh Bachchan, Anil Kapoor, Salman Khan, Deepak Malhotra, Rishi Kapoor, Akshay Kumar, Sanjay Dutt, Nagarjuna. 

 

17 (or so) films of Kader Khan with Sridevi: Remembering the icon Kader Khan today

Kader Khan worked with Sridevi for nearly two decades, from Himmatwala (1983) to Judaai (1997) in over a dozen films. 

The prolific actor and screenwriter passed on 31 Dec back in 2018 at the age of 81 - the same year Sridevi passed at age 54! In fact, Kader Khan outlived Sri! 

He won only two Filmfares for his dialogues and one for a comedian. When he passed, it made headlines for a day but having moved to Canada, the industry's response seemed... unbefitting of a stalwart who gave the industry sooooo much. 

I wonder what he would have said in his own inimitable style... 

Below, some films that featured both Sridevi and Kader Khan. According to A I, the two appeared in 17 films together -- but like with all things AI, it needs to be fact checked assiduously. Update on the list in the coming weeks...