The most comprehensive fan blog dedicated to India's most beautiful and greatest actress of all-time (in our humble opine!), Sridevi. Sridevi aka Sreedevi, ruled Indian cinema (with awesome performances in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Hindi films) in a career spanning 50 incredible years featuring 266 films. Born in Sivakasi on August 13 1963, her untimely and tragic death on February 24, 2018 left a nation in mourning. In our hearts, she'll forever be, the eternal Queen of Bollywood.
Tuesday, 21 July 2026
Sridevi
Sridevi : Jaya Prada: Rajkamal Sari advert from the early 1980s
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Sridevi : Jaya Prada: Rajkamal Sari advert from the early 1980s
Monday, 20 July 2026
Sridevi with her Army co-star Sudesh Berry: Rare pic
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Indian actor Sudesh Berry turns 65 today - here he is with Sridevi during a cover shoot for Cine Blitz magazine back in the early 90s.
In the mid-1990s, Bollywood’s promotional stills published in magazines often captured more than just star power- they froze moments of transition. One such image from the 1996 action film Army shows superstar Sridevi alongside actor Sudesh Berry, who played the character Khan in the hit film. At the time of filming and release, the two actors embodied very different phases of a Hindi film career.
Sridevi, was 32 turning 33 during the production window that stretched through 1995 and into early 1996. By then she had already appeared in the vast majority of her remarkable career, a grand total of around 266 films, a tally built on an astonishingly prolific run that began in childhood in 1967 and peaked with double-digit annual outputs across multiple South Indian languages and Hindi cinema. In 1996 itself, Army was one of just three releases for her, alongside Mr. Bechara and the Malayalam film Deva Raagam. She stood at the tail end of her peak stardom, with only a handful of later credits - including the 1997 hit Judaai - before a long hiatus.
Opposite her was Sudesh Berry, born July 20, 1960, who was 35 turning 36 while making the film. A supporting actor who had debuted in 1988, Berry had accumulated roughly eight to ten prior credits by the time cameras rolled on Army. His 1990s work consisted mostly of action and drama roles, with 1996 bringing several releases including Army. By the end of that year, his filmography had reached about 10–12 titles.
The contrast was telling. Sridevi, one of Indian cinema’s most enduring superstars, was winding down an era of near-constant output. Berry, a reliable character actor, was steadily building a résumé in a crowded industry.
Army, released on June 28, 1996, captured both at a precise point: one legend nearing the close of her dominant phase, the other a working professional in the thick of his supporting-actress years.
Decades later, the still remains a snapshot not just of a film, but of two careers moving at very different speeds. It is funny how everyone assumed Sridevi was much older than Berry, when she was in fact three years younger. But a thespian and "living legend" (as Shahrukh Khan said of her back in 1996), while young Sudesh Berry was a relative newcomer, even though both were of the same age bracket.
Today, Berry remains a working actor, and Sridevi, alas her tragic and untimely death, cemented her already legend status as one of the truly greats of not just Indian cinema, but cinema itself.
In the mid-1990s, Bollywood’s promotional stills published in magazines often captured more than just star power- they froze moments of transition. One such image from the 1996 action film Army shows superstar Sridevi alongside actor Sudesh Berry, who played the character Khan in the hit film. At the time of filming and release, the two actors embodied very different phases of a Hindi film career.
Sridevi, was 32 turning 33 during the production window that stretched through 1995 and into early 1996. By then she had already appeared in the vast majority of her remarkable career, a grand total of around 266 films, a tally built on an astonishingly prolific run that began in childhood in 1967 and peaked with double-digit annual outputs across multiple South Indian languages and Hindi cinema. In 1996 itself, Army was one of just three releases for her, alongside Mr. Bechara and the Malayalam film Deva Raagam. She stood at the tail end of her peak stardom, with only a handful of later credits - including the 1997 hit Judaai - before a long hiatus.
Opposite her was Sudesh Berry, born July 20, 1960, who was 35 turning 36 while making the film. A supporting actor who had debuted in 1988, Berry had accumulated roughly eight to ten prior credits by the time cameras rolled on Army. His 1990s work consisted mostly of action and drama roles, with 1996 bringing several releases including Army. By the end of that year, his filmography had reached about 10–12 titles.
The contrast was telling. Sridevi, one of Indian cinema’s most enduring superstars, was winding down an era of near-constant output. Berry, a reliable character actor, was steadily building a résumé in a crowded industry.
Army, released on June 28, 1996, captured both at a precise point: one legend nearing the close of her dominant phase, the other a working professional in the thick of his supporting-actress years.
Decades later, the still remains a snapshot not just of a film, but of two careers moving at very different speeds. It is funny how everyone assumed Sridevi was much older than Berry, when she was in fact three years younger. But a thespian and "living legend" (as Shahrukh Khan said of her back in 1996), while young Sudesh Berry was a relative newcomer, even though both were of the same age bracket.
Today, Berry remains a working actor, and Sridevi, alas her tragic and untimely death, cemented her already legend status as one of the truly greats of not just Indian cinema, but cinema itself.
The first frame of Dhadak: 20 Jul 2018: The Sridevi tribute by Janhvi Kapoor
The first frame of Dhadak: 20 Jul 2018: The Sridevi tribute by Janhvi Kapoor. I remember watching this and tearing up....
Just five months after Sridevi's passing, the fact she didn't get to see her first-born's completed film (legend has it that she did see bits and parts of the movie prior to release)... It was all too much...
Shahrukh Khan's Zero was another film that opened with a Sridevi tribute...
Dhadak's box-office was phenomenal, despite lukewarm reviews; a Budget of ₹41 crore and Box office est. ₹110 crore!
Took me a long time to watch the film as we knew it was a tragedy - and yet, the shock of that ending stayed with me for a long time. As did the music. The lead star kids were fine - in retrospect they were great. There have been far worse nepo babies since...
Sridevi
Outtake from early 90s photoshoot.
The denim, casual look was refreshing. Sridevi not in an elaborate costume and makeup for a change.
Sridevi on the cover of MOVIE magazine: Madhuri Dixit in bed: April 1990
The cover tags of MOVIE magazine in April 1990 were... just wow!
Sridevi, "I can't sleep alone!" Sridevi gets intimate!
Salman Khan's love life exposed by his own brother!
Superstar Anil Kapoor, "It's a lonely world..."
Madhuri's confessions on the price she paid for stardom!
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