Sridevi, 25, in the film Chandni. It is insane to think at 25 she was considered a veteran! By September 1989 (when Chandni was released), Sridevi had already appeared in 222 films across Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, Malayalam, and Kannada cinema, spanning her work as a child artist, teenage star, and leading lady.
Mita Vashisht appeared in her first commercial Hindi film in Chandni - and she seems to have had an... ambivalent time remembering that early phase on film. She has a unique and interesting voice, there's a gravitas there. She was 21, and her screen partner Sridevi was 25 - but the imbalance of power was staggering. By 1989, there was no star bigger than Sri - and Mita was a rank newcomer. The screen chemistry was fun - it really looked like they were friends. But not sure Sridevi ever spoke off camera, beyond polite greetings.
