Sridevi and Jeetendra in Majaal: A film produced by Jaya Prada's Husband!
1987 was the last year Jeetendra and Sridevi worked together. By then Jeetendra was 45 and Sridevi 24 and without a doubt, queen of Bollywood. With her making great strides up the box-office and salary scope, she became increasingly expensive for Jeetendra's medium budget Madras re-makes. He went on to make many more films with Jaya Prada and Rekha, and even Bhanupriya. In fact when you look at the look and costumes of Bhanupriya in a film like Tamacha, the wardrobe and styling leans heavily on the Sridevi look from 1983. Unfortunately, the crew couldn't repeat the success of the magial Sridevi-Jeetendra combo.
Why Sri never worked with Jeetendra in 90 's??
ReplyDeleteThe age gap was obvious (more so than before), Jeetendra's box office ratio changed, he went on to work with younger actresses and met with limited success. Sridevi also progressed to work in more career defining roles where she had ample scope to perform vs being the accessory to the male lead.
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