Sridevi inspiring artists: From the epic costume caper Khuda Gawah: Sridevi as Benazir

Sridevi's look as Benazir inspiring artists.  From the film Khuda Gawah

Knife-wielding Sridevi in the first half of the epic Bollywood film was just something else... 

Years after the film's release, Sridevi reflected on the epic film in a MOVIE magazine retrospective, "It was an unusual setting, unusual role. Lovely rich costumes, unheard of locales. Rugged mountains and a very interesting double role of a sad mother and a bubbly daughter. The reunion scene with a grey haired me and bearded Amitabh joining hands to fight the villains was quite emotional.

I had worked with Amitabh earlier in Inquilaab but at that time I was too young. I was like a bacchi [child] with a giant. I was in awe of the stature and only had a few scenes as his wife with him, besides a couple of songs. But by the time we got to do Khuda Gawah, we were very comfortable with each other. He is a great hero, one of the best...."