TBT to August 1990, Times of India Film critic (and former Filmfare editor), Khalid Mohamed, "She still has that baby face. Although her love affair with the camera is two decades old-she acted as a boy when she was four-Sridevi has preserved her Alice-in-Wonderland vulnerability. She can be a wide-eyed ingenue, she can be a woman of sobriety. A Hawa Hawaii, a hausfrau. An all-rounder, she is unarguably the Best No.1 actress we've ever known. Hema Malini and Rekha, just didn't have the same snap and crackle, the same electricity, Mumtaz was pretty, perky, yes, but Sridevi's zoomed leagues ahead.
It would appear that Sridevi's performances are effortless. In fact, she even encourages that impression by refusing to discuss (analyse is too cerebral a word) her artistry, her craftsmanship, her genius. "I just did it," is all she'll tell us about her amazing performances. And she's been the saving grace of so many potboilers in which she's been paired with everyone from wooden blocks to chimps.
Sridevi can dance, act, she has charisma, oomph, energy. No actress can combine all these elements. Not surprisingly, she doesn't have a competitor of equal merit. Put them on the screen with her and they'll look like her hand-maidens.
Times of India, Film Critic
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