Thursday, 28 May 2015

Pic by Mary Ellen Mark: Salman Khan and Sridevi on the sets of Chandra Mukhi

Thanks to celebrity journalist (no - not a contradiction of terms!) Anupama Chopra for tweeting this, a pic by iconic American photographer Mary Ellen Mark when she visited Mumbai in the early 1990s.

Ms Mark captured the incredibly photogenic duo Salman Khan and Sridevi on the sets of Chandra Mukhi (1993), for Zee Premier magazine.

Tuesday, 26 May 2015

Sridevi: Cover shoot from 1984: Young gorgeous newcomer, Sridevi

Sridevi in the 1980s

Making News: Sridevi in all the papers in 2015

Sridevi making news in 2015

Sridevi with actress and singer Suchitra Krishnamoorthi

Suchitra Krishnamoorthi - best known for her film Kabhi Haan, Kabhi Naa - snapped a picture with Sridevi at an event in May 2015! Both look really good!

Suchitra's sister acted as Sridevi's sister in the film English Vinglish!

suchitrakrishnamoorthi

18 hours ago

She Sri :-)

Thursday, 21 May 2015

Rakesh Shreshta and Sridevi

Sridevi from 1984 - 1994 by Rakesh Shreshta Click to enlarge!

Was reading a passage (below) and thought of the incredible symbiotic relationship between famed Bollywood photographer Rakesh Shreshta and his oft muse; actress Sridevi. They have collaborated on so many magazine shoots together over a period of a decade, that we've lost count - however - we have archived most here!

This quote, attributed to a Hollywood star, seems so apt for the Bollywood superstar, Sri:

"Film stars are those unlikely beings who seem more alive, not less, when images are made of them; who unfurl and reach toward the light, instead of seizing up, when confronted by a camera; and who, by some miracle or trick, become enriched versions of themselves, even as they ramify into other selves on cue. Clarence Sinclair Bull, the great stills photographer at M-G-M, said of Greta Garbo that “she seems to feel the emotion for each pose as part of her personality.” From the late nineteen-twenties, he held a near-monopoly on pictures of Garbo, so uncanny was their rapport. “All I did was to light the face and wait. And watch,” he said."

-- New Yorker

All these pics shot by Rakesh Shreshta between 1984 and 1994! Be it concept, styling, lighting, mood, studio, location shoot... every shot is a gem.

And the man himself:

Wednesday, 20 May 2015

25th Anniversary of Jagadeka Veerudu Atiloka Sundari: Telugu Blockbuster of 1990

Sridevi, Chiranjeevi and the cast and crew spoke about monster hit that was Jagadeka Veerudu Atiloka Sundari, the 1990 Telugu supernatural-fantasy film, directed by K. Raghavendra Rao.

At the time, it was the biggest hit EVER in the Telugu film industry, a record-breaking blockbuster.