Sridevi

Sridevi in Tamil films. To see what was trending in contemporary fashion in every season, year and decade, look towards Sridevi like a North star to anchor a ship. 

Sridevi

That time is about to come... that date when Bollywood lost all its colour, humour, fun, spirit... 

 

Sridevi's Bollywood Filmography: 73 Films in 46 Years

The hardest working actress of her - and possibly all - time, Sridevi's debated filmography (she has NOT appeared in 300 films, the figure hovers around 266), we have been empirically tracking, backing our writing with facts, figures and not relying on unverified, inaccurate PR spiel, or word of mouth fan fiction that seems to encircle most Indian celebrities. 

When film publications seem to publish numbers without verifying them, it makes one wonder if any of the box-office reports with these inflated numbers have even a modicum of truth to it. 

As we've said before, during the promotions of --what tragically became her swansong--the film Mom back in 2017. some clever clog stated, without checking, that Mom would be Sridevi's 300th film. Not a single journalist or film historian or cinephile raised an eyebrow to even bother to factcheck that number. And that's all you need to know about the state of film journalism in India. 

God bless Anupama Chopra and the crew at The Hollywood Reporter to try and harness the wild figures (literally and figuratively) that run Bollywood and stats that seem to be plucked out of thin air.... 

Anyhoo, so here's THE list of Sridevi's Hindi films. I've seen about 80 per cent of them - fun fact, Sridevi has NOT seen majority of her own films! As she stated in several of her interviews in the past. Particularly when she was a very busy working superstar - especially during her peak when she was averaging 12-16 film releases a year!! 

Fun fact 2, Sridevi herself forgot she was briefly in Rani Mera Naam [which we saw on YouTube BTW, young Sridevi is only in it for five minutes or so] and not once has she brought it up in any of her interviews! 

Fun fact 3, she often knew a film was going to flop before the reports came, Sridevi had a gut instinct that Solva Saawan would flop, Sherni, Heer Ranjha, Chaand Kaa Tukdaa etc. If Sridevi didn't turn up for the premiere, or if she was a no-show at the audio launch, if she skipped questions pertaining to the film... it was all a sign! 
 

Year	Film	Director	Main Co-star(s)	Box Office Verdict
1972	Rani Mera Naam	K. S. R. Doss	Child artist role (brief)	Flop/Obscure
1975	Julie	K. Balachander	Lakshmi (supporting)	Hit
1979	Solva Sawan	Bharathiraja	Amol Palekar	Flop
1983	Himmatwala	K. Raghavendra Rao	Jeetendra	Super Hit
1983	Sadma	Balu Mahendra	Kamal Haasan	Semi-Hit / Cult Classic
1983	Jaani Dost	K. Raghavendra Rao	Jeetendra	Average
1983	Justice Chaudhury	K. Raghavendra Rao	Jeetendra	Hit
1983	Mawaali	K. Bapaiah	Jeetendra	Hit
1983	Kalaakaar	P. Sambasiva Rao	Kunal Goswami	Flop
1984	Akalmand	K. Bapaiah	Jeetendra	Average
1984	Inquilaab	T. Rama Rao	Amitabh Bachchan	Hit
1984	Jaag Utha Insaan	K. Raghavendra Rao	Mithun Chakraborty	Average
1984	Naya Kadam	K. Raghavendra Rao	Jeetendra	Hit
1984	Maqsad	K. Bapaiah	Jeetendra	Hit
1984	Tohfa	K. Raghavendra Rao	Jeetendra	Super hit
1985	Masterji	K. Raghavendra Rao	Rajesh Khanna	Hit
1985	Balidaan	Ravi Tandon	Jeetendra	Hit
1985	Sarfarosh	Mirza Brothers	Jeetendra	Flop
1986	Karma	Subhash Ghai	Jackie Shroff	Super Hit
1986	Aulad	Vijay Sadanah	Jeetendra	Hit
1986	Nagina	Harmesh Malhotra	Rishi Kapoor	Super Hit
1986	Suhagan	K. Raghavendra Rao	Jeetendra	Hit
1986	Ghar Sansar	K. Bapaiah	Jeetendra	Hit
1986	Dharm Adhikari	K. Raghavendra Rao	Jeetendra	Hit
1986	Aag Aur Shola	K. Bapaiah	Jeetendra	Flop
1987	Mr. India	Shekhar Kapur	Anil Kapoor	Hit
1987	Himmat Aur Mehanat	K. Bapaiah	Jeetendra	Flop
1987	Nazrana	J. Om Prakash	Rajesh Khanna	Average
1987	Majaal	David Dhawan	Jeetendra	Average
1988	Sone Pe Suhaaga	K. Bapaiah	Jeetendra	Hit
1988	Waqt Ki Awaz	K. Bapaiah	Mithun Chakraborty	Hit
1989	Chandni	Yash Chopra	Rishi Kapoor, Vinod Khanna	Super Hit
1989	ChaalBaaz	Pankaj Parashar	Rajinikanth, Sunny Deol	Hit
1989	Guru	Umesh Mehra	Mithun Chakraborty	Hit
1989	Nigahen: Nagina Part II	Harmesh Malhotra	Sunny Deol	Average
1991	Farishtay	Anil Sharma	Vinod Khanna	Average
1991	Pathar Ke Insan	K. Bapaiah	Vinod Khanna	Flop
1991	Lamhe	Yash Chopra	Anil Kapoor, Deepak Malhotra	Average (Cult Classic)
1991	Banjaran	K. Raghavendra Rao	Rishi Kapoor	Average
1992	Khuda Gawah	Mukul Anand	Amitabh Bachchan	Hit
1993	Gumrah	Mahesh Bhatt	Sanjay Dutt, Rahul Roy	Average (Cult following esp in Russia)
1994	Laadla	Raj Kanwar	Anil Kapoor	Hit
1994	Chand Ka Tukdaa	Sawan Kumar Tak	Salman Khan	Flop
1996	Army	Tinnu Anand	Shahrukh Khan	Average
1996	Mr. Bechara	K. Bhagyaraj	Anil Kapoor	Average
1997	Judaai	Tinnu Anand	Anil Kapoor	Hit
2004	Meri Biwi Ka Jawab Nahin	S.M. Iqbal	Akshay Kumar	Disaster
2012	English Vinglish	Gauri Shinde	Adil Hussain	Hit
2017	Mom	Ravi Udyavar	Akshay Khanna, Nawazuddin Siddiqui	Average
2018	Zero (cameo)	Aanand L. Rai	Shah Rukh Khan	Average (cameo)

Sridevi at the premiere of Khuda Gawah

Throwback to May 8, 1992. 

Sridevi at the premiere of Khuda Gawah. 
 

Abhishek Bachchan fans out at Sridevi: 50 and Fab Bachchan Jnr rings in another year

Abhishek Bachchan fans out at Sridevi: 50 and Fab Bachchan Jnr rings in another year - we wish the actor well. 

Sridevi and Anil Kapoor: Pallavi and Viren: Pooja and Viren: The joy of Lamhe

 Sridevi and Anil Kapoor: Pallavi and Viren: Pooja and Viren: The joy of Lamhe 

Kamal Haasan and Sridevi in Madras: MGR event

Young salwaar-kameez clad Sridevi with her frequent co-star Kamal Haasan. Early 1980s. Event honouring MGR.