Sridevi remembered on Instagram, Twitter and other Social Media this week in honour of, what would have been, the late actress' 57th birthday. Nostalgia is a tricky thing; it warms the heart, wets the eye.
Happy Birthday Sridevi, wherever you are.
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.
Saturday, 15 August 2020
Sridevi remembered on Instagram, Twitter and other Social Media
Sridevi remembered on Instagram, Twitter and other Social Media this week in honour of, what would have been, the late actress' 57th birthday. 
Sridevi's Daughter is Trending On Netflix: Congratulations to Janhvi Kapoor and team Gunjan Saxena
Sridevi's daughter is trending on Netflix!
Congratulations to Janhvi Kapoor and team Gunjan Saxena. Conflating different issues, we can see the troll bots and half-wits who have 'disliked' the film and everything related to it on YouTube, questioning the merits of a genuinely beautifully made, acted, written film.
However, as more and more people are watching it and it has been universaly praised by reviewers and critics, clearly the vocal trolls are not getting their way.
Putting aside all our biases - the good and the bad - we saw the film and absolutely loved it. We see the online angry mob trying to lynch this film for their own warped interest, but their impotent rage needs to be diverted elsewhere.
Watch the film and be inspired and amazed. The team effort is incredible and gorgeously executed.
On a personal note, congratulation Sridevi-kid. You are a shining little star - well on your way to replace haloed ground left empty by your legendary mother.
Friday, 14 August 2020
Thursday, 13 August 2020
20th Anniversary of the Sridevi Fan Page
20 years ago today, I started the small Sridevi yahoo fan page - which has since morphed to this blog - to collect ALL images of Sridevi and collect every news-byte, feature and interview with her or in her orbit as an ardent fan. Along the way, I found the like-minded (and the insane!) and we've been growing together as the largest Sridevi fan site online.
The numbers grew slowly and exploded in 2012 when it was made official that Sridevi would return to films, yanked out of her self-imposed retirement and hiatus by the formidable Gauri Shinde/R Balki/Boney Kapoor holy trifecta.
Now, two years since her passing - or as we see it, return to her deity form as she was a Goddess* - we average between 2.5 - 3.2 million views till date.
Gone, but not forgotten, Sridevi. Forever. And ever.
My oft-repeated Goddess anecdote.
So for a cover story of Post magazine, I got to meet Sridevi on 30 August, 2012. At the end of the chat with Sridevi, I told her pls do more movies as we fans miss her so much and then talked briefly about a book; if I could write a biography of sorts on her. She said, "Why would anyone want to read a book on me? I'm just an ordinary woman..."
"NO!", you are not!" I loudly interjected. "You're a Goddess - you just don't KNOW you're a Goddess!".
She laughed. The PRS at the hotel laughed. Her personal-trainer laughed...
I was hella serious!
She patted my head (she's a lot taller) and walked away.
RIP Sridevi.
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