Sridevi

Tuesday, 28 July 2026

Sridevi steps in: steps up! Saroj Khan choreographs!

What a magical moment on Indian film... the cast and crew of Mr.India. The dancers and choregorapher Saroj Khan.

Sridevi on the sets of Chaalbaaz

The wig, the blue prom dress from 1989 - from one of the funniest scenes in the film Chaalbaaz. "Iske upar pura ka pura tanpura gir gaya..."

Sri, the banker and Anupam Kher were so damn funny!

Sridevi and Anil Kapoor in Lamhe: Their finest hours together on the big screen

Anil Kapoor was 34 when he shot Lamhe - and its easily one of his best performances. That somehow got entirely sidelined as Sridevi gave her tour-de-force award-winning double role everything in her acting armoire.

Anil Kapoor lost the Filmfare Award for Best Actor for Lamhe to Amitabh Bachchan, who won the award for his iconic role as Tiger in Hum at the 37th Filmfare Awards in 1992.

While Lamhe led the ceremony with 13 nominations and won 5 awards—including Best Film and Best Actress for Sridevi—Amitabh Bachchan took home the Best Actor trophy in a competitive year that also featured fellow nominees Dilip Kumar (Saudagar), Sanjay Dutt (Saajan), and Aamir Khan (Dil Hai Ke Manta Nahin).

The following year, Anil Kapoor rebounded by winning the Filmfare Award for Best Actor at the 38th Filmfare Awards (1993) for his performance as Raju in Beta (1992). Beta was a major hit at the awards, sweeping 5 categories including Best Actress for Madhuri Dixit and Best Supporting Actress for Aruna Irani.

Funnily enough, personally, Anil Kapoor should have won for Lamhe, and Amitabh Bachchan should have won for Khuda Gawah - swap the awards around!

But Filmfare frequently gets it wrong. Never forget, Sholay lost all but one award.

All Indian award shows in cinema are rife with questionable decisions - you can't take any of the awards seriously.

Sridevi - and several other stars with experience - famously stated that she'd rather a film do well at the box office than just win awards that end up collecting dust in the shelf.