Luminescent Sridevi on the sets of Army back in 1996

 

Luminescent Sridevi, 32, on the sets of Army back in the 1990s. 

Sridevi as a model in 1984

 Sridevi as a model in 1984. The Vimal sari campaign was all around India. 

Fake image of Sridevi trending on Social Media versus The Real one!

The first picture is the current trending image of Sridevi on social media, the other two - what she actually wore back in 1989 for a magazine cover shoot!

A Yen for Sridevi: Kimono clad

Sridevi famously wore a kimono for an ad in the late 1980s, and also in the Telugu film Maharajasri Mayagadu (images and screengrabs in the archive here). Five years later, she took it to the next level as a Princess in the ill-fated Roop ki Rani Choron ka Raja (1993), of which we have a massive archive of pics here.

When Sridevi did something well, producers and directors asked her to repeat it, trying to imbibe the winning formula. Sridevi famously did a Charlie Chaplin routine in Mr.India (which everyone saw) and then years later, yet again in Naaka Bandi (which no one saw!). 

And let's not forget her innumerable rain songs, her dancing around the villain in his den - be it Mr.India, Nagina, Naaka Bandi... all with Amrish Puri! When you appear in 266 films over 50 years, eventually, you'll be asked to repeat a scene, song, movement until it become a trope.

Moon over Sridevi: Chandra Mukhi, Chaand Kaa Tukdaa, Chandni and Moondram Pirai

  We aren't the only ones looney over Sridevi, so were filmmakers, who brought the moon reference to a handful of Sridevi films. 

The Stylist Edit: Sridevi in Judaai, Sridevi in Malini Iyer

Seven years separate these two images; Sridevi in Judaai, Sridevi in her only television sitcom Malini Iyer. 

Sridevi at Rakesh Roshan and Hrithik Roshan's party in black