The Stylist Edit: Sridevi, Smita Patil

The Stylist Edit: Sridevi, Smita Patil, The striped chunri of the 80s... 

 

Sridevi makes an entrance!

 Can you, dear fans, name both films?! One is obvious... 

Sridevi and Mithun on the cover of Mayapuri

Sridevi (and Mithun!) on the cover of Mayapuri magazine back in the 1980s! 
 

Sridevi in red: The original photos: The AI Edit

Sridevi in red. 

A look from a shoot she did for Dabur Amla Hair Oil in the late 80s. 

Sridevi in the bellbottoms: On screen: On Photoshoots

Sridevi as a teenage star in the 1970s wearing the fashion of her time. Anyone recognse the film still? Pls let me know below. 

Sridevi in a modernised bellbottom - styled by Manish Malhotra no less - in the early 90s for a Telugu film. The images were published in Stardust in 1993. 

TBT: Sridevi in Hong Kong: Portraits for South China Morning Post

TBT: Sridevi in Hong Kong: Portraits for South China Morning Post 
 

Sridevi and baby Janhvi Kapoor on the cover of Stardust, October 1997

Sridevi and baby Janhvi Kapoor on the cover of Stardust, October 1997

For the longest time, I didn't put up these images of Sridevi with her baby as, these were private family pictures that someone leaked to the press. 

Indian film media - particularly vulgar, desperate television news shows and channels - didn't respect Sridevi's privacy when she gave birth, nor did they when she died. The person who leaked photos of Sridevi's body in hospital and ambulance - they deserved to be fired and arrested for the criminal negligence, massive invasion of privacy and the pure lack of humanity. But I digress....

There are rising stars who dream of landing their first magazine cover, to be even mention in Stardust, Filmfare, Cine Blitz... and some make the cover just by being born... to the biggest female superstar of her time. Baby Janhvi Kapoor - just an adorable cherub she was.