Advocate Ayappan Naidu with his daughter: Superstar Sridevi

 Advocate Ayappan Naidu with his daughter: Superstar Sridevi!

Sridevi's uncle, Ramasamy Naidu, elder brother of Sridevi's father, Ayyappa Naidu, won the MLA seat from Sivakasi in 1977 representing Janata Party. Earlier he had served as Chairman of Sivakasi Panchayat Union for 25 years. 

Sridevi's father Ayyappa Naidu contested in the 1989 assembly election from Sivakasi on behalf of Congress, but he lost. Sridevi campaigned for her father in 1989 and that was the last time she had visited the village of Sivakasi - where she was born. 

During Sridevi's visit to Sivakasi she had stayed for 10 days and visited every house. She liked her village and was curious to know more about her family ancestry. However, after her father's death in 1990 and her mother's death in 1996 she had completely lost touch with Meenampatti, in Sivakasi.

Sridevi's father is still called the 'Meenampatti Mudhalali', meaning ‘Meenampatti’ landlord in English. 

Sridevi's brother-in-law, Sanjay Ramasamy (married to Sridevi's younger sister Sreelatha), was the former MLA of Virudhunagar constituency. Sridevi's family still possesses properties in the village and also maintains a primary school.

Sridevi's aunt, Saraswathy Ammal, wife of Ramasamy Naidu, is still in the village and takes care of the family properties of the Ayappans till date.