Tuesday, 7 April 2026

Sridevi: Her final iconic Lux ad

Sridevi: Her final iconic Lux ad

TBT: Stardust February 1989: How Sridevi took a Kiss to Court!





 TBT: Stardust February 1989: How Sridevi took a Kiss to Court! 

Jeetendra and Sridevi rocked the 1980s in Bollywood: Jeetendra turns 84 today


Sridevi's frequent co-star in Hindi films, Jeetendra, turns 84 today! 

21 years her senior, they made a fab pair - and we give all credit to the fitness regime of the actor who was so careful to maintain his weight and youthful looks as a leading man in Bollywood. 

Sridevi and Jeetendra were commercial super star successes in the 1980s across the Hindi belt, with an overwhelming majority of their movies being box-office successes. 

For an entire generation in fact, their fun and frothy films with core values - good vs evil, the noble vs the villain, the moral vs the immoral -- with colourful songs and dances, predictable happy endings where the righteous win and the villains meet their natural end, was all good family fun. It wasn't erotic as it was cheeky, good clean fun and movies you can watch with your entire family. It was TV soap opera before the advent of Zee!  

It wasn't earth-shattering Oscar nominee films, but a fun time at the cinema. 

 Actor Anupam Kher flanked by the biggest stars of 1980s; Sridevi and Jeetendra. 

Monday, 6 April 2026

Janhvi Kapoor's tell-all interview in Figuring out Podcast: Sridevi's first-born opens up about life after Sridevi: The Indian Goddess



 

Sridevi and Nagarjuna


Loved the songs of this film - well, one particular one. 

Sridevi with choreographer and dancer


I think the phrase of the year is going to be "AI Slop". We seem to be encountering fakes daily - like a bad penny that keeps cropping up. 

The two black and white images here are the original photographs of Sridevi and choreograph/dancer extraordinaire, Gopi Krishna. The legend directed Sridevi in only one film; Jaag Utha Insan. The AI slop is the coloured picture - an AI hallucination. Sridevi's costume was blue and white (as shown in past pics here) and the dancing legend was barefoot - not wearing patent black leather shoes while dancing. You can't see on the pic on the left as his kurta-pajama is long... 

Gopi Krishna (the legendary Kathak dancer and choreographer, 1935–1994) choreographed for Sridevi in only one film: Jaag Utha Insan (1984). In that movie (directed by K. Viswanath), he handled her three notable semi-classical/Bharatanatyam-inspired numbers, including “Tarapat Beete” , a Durga Suktam/Tandav sequence, and related dances. These are frequently praised as some of Sridevi’s early standout classical performances in Hindi cinema. 

Urmila, Anil Kapoor and Sridevi in Judaai


Urmila, Anil Kapoor and Sridevi in Judaai! This high-octane dramedy was a runaway hit. The ladies yet again got all the acclaim - its funny how Anil Kapoor's "home" productions rarely give him the great role - but I guess the money was more important back then after the fiasco of Roop ki Rani...