Sridevi in Justice Chaudhury (1983)

Age 19, a young Sridevi on the sets of the film Justice Chaudhury. Released in the summer of 1983, it went on to be one of many blockbusters she did with Jeetendra.

The film was originally made in Telugu - with Sridevi and N.T.Rama Rao = and later in Malayalm and Tamil.

Sridevi mentioned she found remakes a bore and a chore - but when the films were a hit, she didn't mind them!

Used to think about how tiresome it would be to do the same role again and again - Sridevi did several remakes throughout the 80s, but as an actor friend pointed out - it's part and parcel of the job. Stage actors have to recreate the same dialogue and emotion again and again on a daily basis for months on end. Where technique, skills and a little magic comes in. When the actors are good that is...