Friday, 13 June 2025

Shout out to Bollywood Memories for this collage of Sridevi, Dimple Kapadia, Juhi Chawla and Madhuri Dixit

MOVIE: Why do you make films only from the male perspective. You’ve worked with all the top actresses today - Madhuri (Mahasangram), Sridevi (Khuda Gawah) and Juhi (Sultanat). Don’t they inspire you to see things from a feminine point of view sometimes? 
Mukul Anand: Sridevi inspired me to make Khuda Gawah where she had a double role. Dimple inspired me to make an Aitbaar. What I like about Sridevi is her tremendous dedication to her work. Madhuri has used her simplicity to her advantage while Juhi has come up by sheer hard work. I remember after Sultanat, Juhi felt so cheated and disillusioned with her bad performance. I told her, she would have to learn the nuances of acting and dancing, right from scratch — which she eventually did. I am so happy she has prospered. 
-- Producer/Director Mukul Anand,
Movie Magazine 1994

Mid 1980s Sridevi:


The colours of Bollywood in the mid 1980s; bold, brash, technicolour. 

 

Sridevi, baby Janhvi Kapoor and Boney Kapoor at Niagra falls

 

Sridevi, baby Janhvi Kapoor and Boney Kapoor at Niagra falls

Thursday, 12 June 2025

Best Actress Nominees: 1990

The Filmfare Best Actress nominees for 1990 collage done by Muvyz is... inaccurate. 

Sridevi wasn't nominated that year as the contenders for the trophy were; Madhuri Dixit (Dil), Hema Malini (Rihaee), Juhi Chawla (Pratibandh) and the always overlooked (yet again here!), Meenakshi Sheshadri (Jurm). 

Hmm... Not a strong year... Hema Malini should have won for the complex Rihaee, but to hand an award to an icon whose star was fading, box-office clout was non existent, plus she was on the wrong side of 20... even she knew she wasn't going to win. But lets hand it to the stars of that decade that all the nominees turn up for the show even when they know [all winners are secretly told in advance so they turn up on stage!] they aren't winning... unlike today!  

As its the popular award and there was no bigger hit than Dil, Madhuri Dixit had to walk away with the Best Actress trophy. 

Sridevi booked ended these years - she won for Chandni (1989) and won again for Lamhe (1991!). Once an icon, always an icon. 

She should have won again for English Vinglish, Mom, Nagina, Mr.India... well, its a long list. 

Sunny Deol, Sridevi and Anil Kapoor on the sets of Ram Avtar


 Sunny Deol, Sridevi and Anil Kapoor on the sets of Ram Avtar