Thursday 24 February 2022

Magazines that led with Sridevi tributes


The sudden and shocking death of Sridevi on Feb 24 meant a lot of editors and writers were scrambling to change headlines and create new covers to meet print deadline to honour and remember iconic Indian actress Sridevi. These are just some of the many covers... 

When we got a call and emails from New York Times no less, to fact check some of her details, we were stunned into motion. 

As an editor and writer, it was imperative to lead with the facts and what little we knew back then - and not go ape shit like most of Indian TV that went with anything for a ghastly sound byte... 


 

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