Rajesh Khanna, 43, and Sridevi, 22, in Masterji (1985).
Social mores have changed irrevocably, back then, Sridevi was lambasted in print for the controversial film with her senior co-star, her outfits, the innuendo and well, especially in Tamil and Telugu magazines, it was deemed unbecoming of their biggest star to shed a sari for success in the foreign soil of Bombay (then!).
In a classic case of nothing succeeds like success, the film (temporarily!) revived the career of flaying Rajesh Khanna as it raked in big bucks, becoming the 12th biggest hit of 1985. Sridevi's career was on a steady incline in the early 80s and no slings and arrows of critics could harpoon her ballooning career.
She did however cease any and every revealing shot after the disapproval of her mother Rajeshwari, the only opinion that mattered to her.
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