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.
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Released on 4 May 1984, Sridevi was 21 and part of the Jeetendra-Sridevi Madras movie making machinery that churned out about 16 films in five years! It was such a hightly productive time that when you look at a still from that time period, you can't tell which look is from which film with any immediacy.
Akalmand (1984) is the fifth film in the Jeetendra–Sridevi filmography and sadly (for the producers) one of the few turkeys in their filmography. Akalmand was a flop and did not rank among the top box office films of 1984. It was overshadowed by Tohfa, Maqsad, and Sharaabi, which were the year’s biggest successes. The movie's status did little to affect their ranks as the flops were easily dismissed as the hits were so huge!
Jeetendra–Sridevi pairing: 16 films total (1983–1988).
Hits vs flops: 13 hits, 3 flops.
Akalmand’s position: Released in 1984, it was their 5th collaboration.
Film details: Directed by N.S. Raj Bharath, starring Jeetendra as Dr. Kiran and Sridevi as Priya.
Himmatwala (1983)
Jaani Dost (1983)
Justice Chaudhry (1983)
Mawaali (1983)
Akalmand (1984)
Tohfa (1984)
Shot in less than three months on average, they make Akshay Kumar seem lazy by comparison!
And yet, the movie was a hit. Well, it recovered its exorbitant costs. Box-office powered by the star wattage of the leads, the movie recuperated its production costs.
Though they appeared in a few films together, this was the only movie Dharmendra and Sridevi were paired together - and yes, the age gap was noteworthy - Dharmji was 28 years her senior. In fact, Sridevi appeared in films with Sunny Deol, Dharmendra's eldest son, more often than Deol Snr!
It's the only film which included Sonam and Sridevi - Sonam was and remains a Sridevi superfan. It's also the only film Chunky Panday appeared in with Sridevi - and he was famously not a Sridevi fan; he preferred Rekha and Jaya Prada and mentioned as much in print back in the day. Oh well, not all can be born with taste.
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| Rare pic: Dharmendra with Sridevi at the Ghayal success party |
