Monday 8 November 2010

Sridevi on the cover of Stardust in the 80s and 90s: Bollywood Icons share cover real estate:

I have almost all Stardust magazines from the late '80s till date. 

Sridevi appeared on the cover, often. Not always the most flattering editorials but, its a great archive of the progress of Sridevi in Bollywood. Her fashion leaps, her gorgeous portraits. The rare interviews she did and the somewhat creative fiction that was published...

There's an interview called "Sex Sin and Sridevi" which I believe it to be entirely fiction. Just the responses in the questions, the way its written... I'd like to see documentation, an audio recording, something as proof that that interview actually happened as is, as it was! 

The no-make Sridevi picture with her baby Janhvi Kapoor was a best-seller back in October 1997. It was so controversial back then - someone had leaked the image of superstar Sridevi's first child Janhvi Kapoor - without permission from either parent. In a pre-internet era, when newsstand sales determined do-or-die success, I'm sure the magazine sold like crazy. A wild wild time for the media when scoops, exposés mattered...  



October 1987, Stardust cover



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