Throwback Thursday: Sridevi with Maheshwari

Throwback Thursday: Sridevi with Maheshwari 

Sridevi in a simple salwaar kameez... so strikingly beautiful. With that classic south Indian beauty, she never needed the six kilos of 1980s makeup in that infamous decade... 

The Art work of the official Chandni poster: Bollywood icons Vinod Khanna, Sridevi and Rishi Kapoor

The art of Bollywood film posters is slowly dying out. The skillset, the workers, the raw talent fading out... 

This Yash Chopra classic we have in every version; video cassette, VCD, DVD, laser!! 

At least we have a part of the art. 

Like Mother, Like Daughter: Sridevi and Janhvi Kapoor: The Kanjeevaram diaries

Sridevi at an event back in 2000. 

Toddler Janhvi Kapoor. 

Same same, but different! 

 

Sridevi in Sultanat as Shehzadi Yasmeen: One of Ten Films in Bollywood in 1986

Released on 11 Mar 1986, Sultanat was a massive costume drama that... tanked. 

Not to worry, the hardest working Indian actress Sridevi had a whopping 14 releases that year; ten Hindi films, three Telugu and one Tamil! 

Namely; 

1. Aag Aur Shola — Released February 21,  1986 [Guest appearance].
2. Sultanat — Released March 11, 1986.
3. Suhaagan — Released March 14, 1986
4. Dharam Adhikari, Released April 11, 1986.
5. Bhagwaan Dada, April 25, 1986 
6. Aakhree Raasta — Released June 6, 1986.
7. Janbaaz — Released June 20, 1986. 
8. Ghar Sansar — Released July 11, 1986. 
9. Karma — Released August 8, 1986. 
10. Nagina — Released November 28, 1986. 

Furthermore, Sridevi appeared in Telugu Films Oka Radha Iddaru Krishnulu, Jayam Manade and Khaidi Rudraiah. 

And finally, she was seen on the big screen with Rajinikanth in the Tamil Film Naan Adimai Illai!

Tragically, that was the year Sridevi worked for the last time with Kamal Haasan and Rajinikanth. Both were... rather ordinary films one must confess. 

As contemporary stars and filmmakers look for pan-Indian audiences, Sridevi was gracefully swaning across the nation with ease and elegance, catering to her rabid audiences without fuss nor fanfare. Wroking the network as the hardest working and highest paid actress of her time. 

The Sridevian Era.  

Sridevi

Beautiful Sridevi on film. When she first appears on screen, you need to witness an Indian audience reaction; its surreal. 

Moony over Sridevi: Luminous Sridevi has always been compared to the moon

Moony over Sridevi: Luminous Sridevi has always been compared to the moon. She's been Chandni, Chandra Mukhi, Chaand ka Tukdaa... 

Moondram Pirai - ie The Crescent Moon.

 

Sridevi in 1986: The makeup colour scheme

Sridevi, 22, at the mahurat/launch of Bhagwaan Daada back in 1986. 

More images of this look in the archive here.