1989: The Year of Sridevi

1989 was possibly one of the most significant years of Sridevi's career in Hindi films (and especially for her Bollywood fans) as she had a whopping seven major film releases!

The mega hit Chandni, the award-winning and successful Chaalbaaz, the extended guest appearance in Main Tera Dushman (which did not have a huge run at the box office), Guru (the last successful film she did with Mithun), the long-delayed and ultimately unsuccessful Joshilay (the Sholay-rehash), Gair Kanooni (her only film with Govinda) and finally, India's first sequel and superhero movie, Nigahein (Nagina Part II), which didn't meet expectations, but passed muster by breaking even, if not a small profit for the producers.

Hits, flops and guest-starring roles aside, Sridevi ruled nevertheless, capping the 1980s with tour de force performances and box office success. What a mighty year for the hardest working woman in Bollywood! (Refer to early posts on Sridevi's unbeatable filmography).

Film		Date of Release			Box-office
Main Tera Dushman		3 February, 1989			Average
Joshilaay		10 February, 1989			Flop/Average
Guru		24 February, 1989			Hit
Gair Kanooni		24 March, 1989			Average
Nigahein		11 August, 1989			Average
Chandni		14 September, 1989			Super hit
Chaalbaaz		8 December, 1989			Hit

* According to IMDB, Joshilay was released on 10 January, 1989, but Wikipedia says it was released 10 February, 1989!

* Mixed reports on whether Joshilaay broekn even or was considered a flop as the film opened well but due to long production costs, the producer probably lost more money than made. To be confirmed... 

Awards

At the time, there were only Filmfare Awards and the National Awards and Sridevi's name came into play often in the 80s;

Chandni had several nominations:

37th National Film Awards Winner

Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment - Yash Chopra & T. Subbarami Reddy

35th Filmfare Awards

Wins

Best Cinematography - Manmohan Singh

Nominations

• Best Film - Yash Chopra & T. Subbarami Reddy
• Best Director - Yash Chopra
• Best Actress - Sridevi
• Best Actor - Rishi Kapoor
• Best Supporting Actor - Vinod Khanna
• Best Supporting Actress - Waheeda Rehman
• Best Music - Shiv-Hari
• Best Lyricist - Anand Bakshi - "Lagi Aaj Sawan Ki"
• Best Male Singer - Suresh Wadkar - "Lagi Aaj Sawan Ki"

Chaalbaaz 

Wins

• Best Actress – Sridevi
• Best Choreographer – Saroj Khan for song – "Na Jaane Kahan Se Aayi Hai"

Nominated: Best Playback Singer (Female) - Kavita Krishnamurthy – "Na Jaane Kahan Se Aayi Hai"

Below: Sridevi L to R in the films; Guru, Main Tera Dushman, Joshilaay, Nigahein, Chaalbaaz and Chandni!