Rare Pic: Mumtaz with Sridevi at the grand premiere of Chandni (1989)

Rare Pic: Mumtaz with Sridevi at the grand premiere of Chandni back in 1989! 

Left: Mumtaz with Waheeda Rehman at the premiere of Chandni  Below Sridevi with Waheeda Rehman the same evening. 

November 1989, MOVIE magazine 
Sridevi pic by Rakesh Shreshta 

Excerpt, MOVIE magazine, November 1989

It's a season of hits; even Chandni is one. Yash's bald pate is glistening again in the afterglow of Chandni. I can see Sridevi in his eyes, and dreams of making a Deewar again, now that he has signed Amitabh, Javed, Sri for his next film. Rekha either forgot to come to the premiere, or Yash forgot to invite her, but I saw once close contender now bystander Meenu Mausi, yesterday's dream girl Hema, and the evergreen Lata, who got more applause than even Sridevi when she came on stage. Lata had privileged Yash by coming to the premiere, but in the interval when I strayed out to get my wafers and convince myself that Chandni was not the same story I've been growing up on since my affair with Hindi films, I saw Lata sneaking out. I don't blame her. At 60 you can't see a Chandni, I don't know how at 50 Yash can make one. Mumtaz, the bad penny from London was there too, but whatever her other faults I admire her guts. She stood shoulder to shoulder with Sridevi and posed for photographs. Let's say cheers to that, though I think it was rude of her to ignore Hema, while acknowledging a Sri. Forgot old times what!

Photograph: Rakesh Shreshta

Photo caption: Chandni Sridevi eclipses Madhuri