Anil Kapoor and Sridevi on the sets of Roop ki Rani Choron ka Raja

 

Strike a pose: Sridevi

 A familiar pose for Sridevi. Time and again. 

Sridevi in Madras: Happy days

 

All photos by Gautam Rajadhyaksha. Some published in the book Faces. Sridevi, happiest in Madras - far from the madding crowd. With family.

Sunny Deol and Sridevi on the sets of Chaalbaaz: Rare Pic of stars in white

Sridevi in Farishtay: The blue sparkling dance costume

Sridevi in Farishtay: The blue sparkling dance costume 

Many, manyyyy people have incorrectly assumed that this is from Nagina - absolutely not. Its from the fun song Saat kunwaraon main, from the awful film Farishtay - which I learned later made a lot of money! 80s and early 90s was a strange era. 

Part of the song in the beginning is sung by a chorus singer, then Lata Mangeshkar takes over. In many films Sridevi often had a song by Lataji, except in movies like Chandni and Lamhe where the Mangeshkars (Aasha Bhosle too!) did the entire album. 

Sridevi in Tamil films

 

Sridevi with Mithun in their first film together: Jaag Utha Insan: TBT to 1984

Sridevi with her most-talked about co-star, Mithun. 

Their first film together - and the best in the list - Jaag Utha Insan. 1984. Sridevi was 21, Mithun was 34 and twice married already. Famously falling for his co-stars... 

This gen has no idea how big a superstar Disco Dancer Mithun was back then. Now age 76, he shines like the legendary actor he is in films like Guru (by Mani Rathnam), or OMG... unfortunately, he did too many B- C- films that are tagged with his legacy. But not man saw those films, but remember his best performances, not his weak box-office. 

So much has been written and said about Sridevi and Mithun... that we no longer wish to add further dialogue to the conversation. 

3/4ths of their films were superhits. Sad that their best film together, this gem by K Vishwanath, did the worst box-office out of the lot. 80s was a bane on Bollywood in many ways. Some fine films got swept under the rug.