Thursday, 29 August 2019

Eleven Times Sridevi repeated outfits! Repeat Offender: Sridevi recycles ensembles on film!

A repeat offender?! Lol. Hardly. Long before 'woke'  fashionistas started repeating outfits ("upvote!") for a greener world and less conspicuous consumption, it was the ultimate fashion faux pas, nay, a crime for celebrities and socialites to repeat outfits - especially if they've been photographed in them.



No such an issue for Sridevi - who saved producers a lot of money by repeating looks between her south Indian and Bollywood films. Long before the internet, YouTube and Netflix, the cross pollination of movie goers was a rare occurrence (unless you were bilingual/trilingual with access to VCRs!) , Sri and the producers must have thought, this is not an issue. So Sridevi happily repeated outfits and looks over her multi-lingual flicks, the multiverses of her movies rarely intermingling.

Here are a dozen examples of Sridevi - gasp - repeating ensembles over a decade. 



Left: Rowdy Ramudu Konte Krishnudu (1980) 
Right: Kaksha (1980) 
(Both Telugu films) 

Left: Telugu song "Namaste Suswagatham", Film: Kirayi Kotigadu (1983)  
Right: Hindi song "Taki o taki", Film: Himmatwala (1983) 




(L) Krishna and Sridevi in Kirayi Kotigadu (1983),
(R) Jeetendra and Sridevi in Himmatwala (1983). 




Left: Hindi song "Bichchoo lad gaya", Film: Inquilaab (1984) 
Right: Telugu song "Goruvecha chandamama", Film: Kode Trachu (1984) 



Left: Telugu song "Aa bugga meeda erra", Film: Vajrayudham (1985) 
Right: Hindi song "Aankhen to kholo swami", Film: Masterji (1985) 



Left: Sridevi in the Telugu film Maa Voori Magadu (1987) 
Right: Sridevi in the Hindi film Waqt ki Awaaz (1988)



Left: Telugu Song "Abba Deenisoku" , Film: Aakhari Poratam (1988) 
Right: Hindi song "Guru Guru Aa Jao Guru", Film: Waqt Ki Awaz (1988) 


Left: Aasman Se Gira (1992) 
Right: Jagadeka Veerudu Atiloka Sundari (1990)


Left: Sridevi in Lamhe (1991) 
Right: Telugu song "Andanantha etta", Film: Kshana Kshanam (1991) 


Left: Telugu song "Andaalalo", Film: Jagadeka Veerudu Atiloka Sundari (1990) 
Right: Hindi song "Mera kaha manoge", From: Gurudev (1993) 


Left: Hindi song "Teri hi aarzoo hai", Film: Chandramukhi (1993) 
Right: Telugu song "Indira mandira", Film: Govinda Govinda (1993) 


Left: Telugu song, "Arintidaka atta kodaka", Film: SP Parasuram (1994)  
Right: Hindi song, "O meri biwi ka", Film: Meri Biwi Ka Jawaab Nahin (Shot in 1994, released in 2004!)  

A million thanks to Micky on twitter for contributing images and captions. This could NOT have been done without you.





Update: Above, Sridevi in Naya Kadam and below, Sridevi in Vaazhvey Maayam




Above: Sridevi in the Telugu film Kode Trachu (1984). A bedazzled blue sari that Sridevi repeated soon after in Naya Kadam (1984). 


2 comments:

  1. Yes I am the rare occurrence and I am bilingual/trilingual Hindi.Telugu, Tamil and with access to VCRs!. Yes I had Two Vcrs and Made vidoes of songs only with all Dresses,Salwar Kameezes and Same color sarees from all 3 Languages. Yes Sridevi is the Ultimate Entertainment. I made aVidoe showing all as aShout out Welcoming Sridevi to San Franciscoo in 2013.Yes You are the Ultimate Sridevi Page no doubt.

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  2. I always noticed this .. true..
    And one is the white sari of Chandni (Song : Parbat se kaali ghata ) and the same is repeated in Jagadeka veerudu athiloka sundari (Abba nee teeyyani debba)

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