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A controversial kiss and a much-published patch-up (professional) with 'good friend' Mithun could not see Guru through. Swaying hips and swinging pony tails could not make a success of Gair Kanooni. Despite her brave words, "I don't see any competition around," Madhuri came close to storming her citadel. However, Sridevi had a trump card in Harmesh Malhtora's Nigahein. A sequel to the earlier Nagina. It succeeded where Sherni had failed. Playing the snake-woman again, though definitely slimmer and sexier, this time she fixed the audience with a glassy stare and slithered back into the reckoning.
Then came Chandni. An insipid love story, it nevertheless brought in the crowds and despite the presence of macho man Vinod Khanna and eternal lover-boy Rishi, it was Sridevi, a vision in trendy causal and soft chiffons, who caught the audiences' fancy. It was love at first sight and many sights thereafter for the besotted viewer as she squealed Chandni o meri Chandni and romped on the greens of Switzerland. Chandni gave her the confidence to carry off a double role Chaalbaaz, a bit like Hema had attempted in Seeta aur Geeta a decade ago. She'd survived the trials of the eighties and with Mama hinting at an early marriage and Anand Amritaraj showing much interest, she could well be licking outsized cones and munching candies in the nineties - Mama willing."
-- Filmfare, 1989
"Now I have to work at every single shot."
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