Sridevi: Sri putri: Janhvi Kapoor turns a year older

 

Sridevi: Sri putri: Janhvi Kapoor turns a year older! Now and then images of Sridevi with her first-born. 

Happy Birthday to Janvhi! 

 

Sridevi with her costars: Rishi Kapoor, Vinod Khanna, Amitabh Bachchan, Jeetendra, Mithun, Anil Kapoor, Shahrukh Khan, Nagarjuna, Chiranjeevi

Vinod Khanna and Sridevi in Garajna (shelved film). 

Sridevi and Amitabh Bachchan on the sets of Khuda Gawah 

 Sridevi with her costars: Rishi Kapoor, Vinod Khanna, Amitabh Bachchan, Jeetendra, Mithun, Anil Kapoor, Shahrukh Khan, Nagarjuna, Chiranjeevi

Sridevi postcards: Fashion in Bollywood through the Indian Icon's on-Screen wardrobe

Gorgeous Sridevi. 

On the sets of her famous films; on the sets of famous photographers, well, mostly Rakesh Shreshta and Gautam Rajadhyaksha. 

The fine art of Cinema Hoardings: The Chaalbaaz Spread: TBT to 1989

 

I wonder where all this art is... the hoardings of Chaalbaaz that were once painted across Mumbai city. 

Sridevi dominating the publicity stills. 

The Bollywood poster art is its own genre. 

Rare pic: Sridevi in and as Banjaran

 

A rare black and white pic of Sridevi on the sets of her (surprise!) smash hit, the widly colourful, musical Banjaran. The hodge podge reincarnation revenge drama with loads of set song and dance routines was a cacophenous mess that was compeltely written off on initial release (we have the reviews in the archive - none were generous with praise!). 

However, a definition of a cult following, the film found its own footing despite the handful of all-powerful reviewers (back then!) had announced to readers that it wasn't worth the price of the ticket. Well, little did they know. Audiences lapped it up - even now. Look at the stats for the songs and dances on YouTube, while contemporary songs struggle to hit the 1 million or 2 million views mark, Banjaran songs passed 100 million views a long time ago. As we publish this, Banjaran's title song has 350 million views, the others collectively have passed even more (its been fragmented as several handles have posted the same songs).

Sridevi and her signature blue sari

Throwback to circa 1991-1992 when Sridevi arrived in a simple blue chiffon sari at an event--a rare occurrence--for co-star and friend Poonam Dhillon, as Poonam launched a new venture in Bollywood; the prized vanity van for stars. 

More images and feature in the archive here.

When I first saw these cleaned up pics on Instagram, thought, oh its AI images but found the original source too, here and here. It's one thing to clean up images and sharpen them, but another to 

 

Sridevi and her plats

Sridevi and her famous plats.

When the Telugu film industry first discovered Divya Bharthi, they styled her a lot like Sri intentionally, referencing her popular looks. Divya had her own style and way of being and acted in her own way, not like an imitation of an iconic star.