Sunny Deol and Sridevi

Above: The fictional romance between Bollywood's leading superstars Sridevi and Sunny Deol on screen.

Below: Closer to the reality of the froideur the two shared off screen.

Good acting on all accounts.

There's this foolish and quixotic notion that all actors have to get along and be besties - I'm sure its helpful - but its often not even remotely true. Many stars shared no chemistry off screen but created magic on screen.

None of us realised how frosty the relationship was between Sunny Deol and Sridevi until he spoke out against her on Aap Ki Adaalat, in interviews in Filmfare magazine and other media outlets.

Fortunately the films and their on-screen romance will endure, a few off colour remarks won't.