Sridevi

Tuesday, 26 May 2026

Sridevi and Madhuri DIxit together at the premiere of Roop ki Rani...

Sridevi was 29 years old, and Madhuri Dixit was 25 years old during the premiere/release of
Roop Ki Rani Choron Ka Raja in April 1993.

Amitabh Bachchan did, what no other film magazine editor or film producer/director could do for decades, bring together Sridevi and Madhuri Dixit, the reigning screen queens of Bollywood together. At a photocall at the grand premiere of Roop ki Rani Choron ka Raja back in April 1993.

Only the Ramesh Sippy did the same years ago in 1987, but unfortunately the film Zameen was never completed so few saw the two together.

Several magazine editors tried, but the two stars couldn't coordinate dates (a frequent excuse exercised by many stars, "date problems" is old hat), even choreographer Saroj Khan, who briefly indulged in the idea of directing a film couldn't get her two favourites together. Vogue couldn't get them together, Karan Johar couldn't get them to have "koffee" with him. The phrase iron hand behind velvet gloves comes to mind when thinking of the two most memorable Indian actresses of all-time...

In Sridevi's second act, post marriage and motherhood, as both women dropped off the 'rat race', they were meeting more often, seen chatting together, they even did a Lux commercial together... The right project and director, and the right money of course, I'm sure it was just around the corner. Alas that fateful night on Feb 24, 2018... fate put a full stop to all our cinema dreams.

Jaya Prada, Sridevi and Rajesh Khanna on the sets of Maqsad

Jaya Prada, Sridevi and Rajesh Khanna on the sets of Maqsad!

Two people Sridevi didn't thoroughly enjoy working with... the mercurial and temperamental former superstar Rajesh Khanna, while clinging on to his fast fading stardom.... and the famously feuding Jaya Prada.

Sridevi just held her own, with her signature grace and tall statuesque diva-dom.

Sridevi: The First Female Superstar of Indian Cinema, Whose Legacy Endures Beyond the Awards She Was Denied

Sridevi was a supernova who blazed the big screen brightly—and was as frequently overlooked by the establishment! From her beginnings as a child artist in the late 1960s to her reign as the undisputed pan-Indian superstar of the 1980s and early 1990s, and her triumphant comeback in the 2010s, Sridevi commanded the screen with a rare alchemy of comic timing, dramatic intensity, and effortless glamour.

As most know, she worked across Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, and Kannada cinema, becoming one of the most versatile and bankable actresses of her era.

As her fans have long argued, she was “robbed” of several major accolades, particularly in the Hindi film industry, where commercial success did not always translate into critical trophies. Yet her verified record of wins and honors remains formidable.

Here is a comprehensive, fact-checked compilation of her major awards and accolades.

Sridevi’s Major Awards

Year	Award	Category	Film / Recognition
1970	Kerala State Film Award	Best Child Artist	Poombatta
1981	Filmfare Awards South	Best Actress (Tamil)	Meendum Kokila
1982	Tamil Nadu State Film Award	Best Actress	Moondram Pirai
1990	Filmfare Award	Best Actress	Chaalbaaz
1991	Filmfare Awards South	Best Actress (Telugu)	Kshana Kshanam
1991	Nandi Award	Best Actress	Kshana Kshanam
1992	Filmfare Award	Best Actress	Lamhe
2012	Stardust Awards	Best Actress in a Drama	English Vinglish
2013	Padma Shri	Civilian Honour	Contribution to Indian Cinema
2013	Jagran Film Festival	Best Actress	English Vinglish
2018	National Film Award	Best Actress	Mom (posthumous)

Posthumous Awards

2019: Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award (posthumous)

2025: Filmfare Cine Icon Award (accepted by Boney Kapoor)

Additional Notable Nominations & Honours

Filmfare nominations for

Sadma (1984),
Chandni (1990),
Khuda Gawah (1993),
Gumrah (1994),
Laadla (1995),
Judaai (1998),

.... plus multiple Lifetime Achievement recognitions.

In Her Own Words

“I’m very excited when I win an award for a Telugu or Tamil film... This is my fourth Filmfare award after the Tamil film Meendum Kokila in ’81, Chaalbaaz in ’89 and Lamhe in ’91.”

--Sridevi to Filmfare magazine (1993)

A hobby Sridevi shared with Lata Mangeshkar, Amitabh Bachchan and Salman Khan

Like Lata Mangeshkar, Salman Khan, and Amitabh Bachchan, for a while, Sridevi picked up the hobby of taking photographs as a passion project. And she got them published! She took a series of pics of gorgeous Rekha in the mid 1980s and those were published in film magazines.

Salman Khan famously took the initial pics of Hrithik Roshan, which were published in Stardust magazine. The great, legendary Lata Mangeshkar took innumerable pics of her family and when she went on global tours, she was often seen out and about with her latest camera. Amitabh Bachchan's hobby of collecting watches and cars have been written about, but he remains keen on gadgets galore! The Bachchan family has often stated that he's also the in-house photographer, recording their private gatherings, kids and grandkids.