Sridevi's most controversial outfit: The humble 80s swimsuit

Sridevi's most controversial outfit: The humble 80s swimsuit in Sridevi's first blockbuster - Himmatwala.

As we find archival images and features from the early 1980s, its no wonder Sridevi was media shy as the film press was distinctly unkind when it came to writing about Sridevi - and when she hiked to the top, those same reporters tripped over themselves trying to gain favour. 

A scene where Sridevi's at a beach and she's wearing  a swimsuit - no big deal. But the way the press wrote about it, you'd think the young actress (she had just turned 20) had done something gratuitous and salacious. Ridiculous.