For youngsters of a certain gen', the song Saath mere Aaogi from Justice Chaudhury was everything back in the '80s. Sung with gusto by Aasha Bhosle and Kishore Kumar and danced to polka-dotted perfection by Sridevi and Jeetendra, this was one of the biggest hits of 1983. The joie de vivre these two stars of Bollywood brought to mindless Madras-movies (they churned out 16 films in five years!) had a mixed reception. Hated by critics, but loved by the masses, they made mega bucks for those in the biz of show!
Her first hesitant steps into Bollywood, Sridevi did films that paid her well and she shot them in a short period of time. As her box-office and power grew, she chose films wisely in her later years, mixing better, career-defining films with mass-appeal movies. In her early years, you can see a doll-like dreamy looking Sridevi who may not have done the change-your-life life-affirming-cinema... but she sure made movies fun to watch.
Jeetendra and Sridevi in 1983 - click to enlarge
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