Monday 17 April 2017

Sridevi's first Best Actress award for Meendum Kokila (1981)



As the internet is filled with nonsense reports and fake news, as the unofficial* and ultimate fan site of Sridevi, we are here to refute rumours and trounce spurious reports. The number one newsbyte (that infuriates us no end) being that Sridevi's name alleged as "Shree Amma Iyenger". Sridevi has denied it in interviews and yet this "alleged fact" aka "alternate truth" lives on online and not love nor money, no fact checking or inquiry has helped

Sridevi was born simply as "Sreedevi Ayyappan" - she signs autographs simply as "A Sreedevi" (as family names are featured first in the South).

The second dubious false reportage that's often said and written about, is that Sridevi won Best Actress awards for Moondram Pirai / Sadma. No she didn't.


Sridevi won her first Best Actress Filmfare award in 1981 for the film Meendum Kokila. The film, released on 14 January 1981, it was a box-office success where Sridevi acted with Kamal Haasan (for the n'th time) in a role where she portrayed herself as a Brahmin housewife trying to get back her husband who was infatuated with an actress (Deepa). She won her first major award at the age of 18 - the first of her four Filmfare Awards for Best Actress. Had there been Filmfare awards in 86 and 87, we are pretty damn sure Sridevi would have won for Nagina and Mr India too! Yes, there was a "special" Filmfare given to her by Saif Ali Khan and Shahrukh Khan in 2013 but... the entire biz was so poorly executed, I'm not sure it counts... 

FYI Sridevi (nor Aliaa Bhatt!) however was not the youngest Best Actress winner, it was Dimple Kapadia for Bobby!

If you haven't seen Sridevi's Tamil oeuvre, I recommend to all self-proclaimed super fans of Sridevi to find an online avenue that features her south Indian films (with subtitles) and be mesmerised all over by her superpowers as an acclaimed superstar actress. 



1 comment:

  1. i thought she was shree amma yengar aiyappan. thanks for the information.

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