Sridevi at the launch of the film Govinda (with co-star Anil Kapoor, produced by Boney Kapoor!) back in 1984. The movie was launched before Mr.India but the project never took off, instead the film was scraped and the big-budget bonanza Mr.India came into fruition (and went on to become a classic).
The two even did a cover shoot for Stardust magazine with a new look for Sridevi and Anil Kapoor - see images from that shoot here.
At the launch, Sridevi met many people her illustrious career became entangled with. A young Javed Akhtar and Boney Kapoor flank her in the pics below. And a surprise appearance by producer/director Yash Chorpa at the launch had the industry abuzz.
Upon recommendation by Amitabh Bachchan, Yash Chopra had seen Sadma and been wanting to work with Sridevi since the mid '80s - he finally worked with her in 1988 in Chandni (the film was released in Sept 1989!)and then again in Lamhe of course. In several interviews he stated the greatest actress he's worked with has been Sridevi (actor, he said was Amitabh Bachchan and Shahrukh Khan). The common thread all three superstars had, their ability to surprise him and a seemingly endless talent pool.
These images of Sridevi taken at the launch went viral in print and we've seen various photographs taken from that day in print in several media outlets. Wonder what this film was about... wonder what it could have been like on the big screen... Sridevi's village belle get-up, Anil Kapoor' tan, rough and rowdy look...
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