The most comprehensive fan blog dedicated to India's most beautiful and greatest actress of all-time (in our humble opine!), Sridevi. Sridevi aka Sreedevi, ruled Indian cinema (with awesome performances in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Hindi films) in a career spanning 50 incredible years featuring 266 films. Born in Sivakasi on August 13 1963, her untimely and tragic death on February 24, 2018 left a nation in mourning. In our hearts, she'll forever be, the eternal Queen of Bollywood.
Sridevi images manipulated through apps and filters trend on Social Media. Draining Sridevi of her originality, her choices, her reality, "fans" reinterpret how they would like her to look versus how she was. Which was perfectly divine. Say no to fakes, and yes to the OG!
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| Sridevi and Anil Kapoor with their respective Best Actress and Best Actor award for Mr.India back in 1988 |
"...if one reads between the words, Anil in turn seems enamoured by Sridevi. "When I was doing Joshilaay, Sridevi was cast opposite Sunny. So it was important that I too have a heroine from the same bracket. At that time I wasn't such a big star so Jaya Prada refused to act opposite to me. I then approached Meenakshi. It took a lot of convincing from me and Shekhar before Meenakshi agreed to work with me. At that time, Boney and I made up our mind that I should work with Sridevi. To prove that I was the best, I had to work with the best. So we began a film Govinda, Bapu was the director and Sridevi the heroine. So that was it, I was with the best. Govinda never got made and we started Mr.India.
Since then, I've done quite a few films with her and even now there are four or five films coming, Lamhe, Gurudev, Heer Ranjha and Roop Ki Rani."
Sridevi, 41, on vacation with her family back in 2004. Boney Kapoor recently released this image on Instagram.
Sridevi jumped into the top slot with a single film. The phenomenon that was Sridevi in Bollywood
This stage show in London was 'the' show of the 90s.
What a phenomenon it was...
Wembley, London, UK—September 1990: The concert 'Jumma Chumma' took place at the Wembley Stadium, headlined by the Bollywood megastars Amitabh Bachchan, Sridevi, Aamir Khan, Salman Khan. The stadium was packed to capacity with the Indian diaspora, as well as the Hindi-film watching populace.
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Our massive archive of Chandni images, features here.
TBT: Rare pic: Sridevi at rehearsals with Shiv Hari during Chandni (1989)
In retrospect, the song embarrassed Sridevi in later years but let's not forget the song hit Top Ten in 1989!
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| Pinky Reddy, Sridevi and T. Subbarami Reddy. |
Boney Kapoor and Sridevi with Pinky Reddy and T. Subbarami Reddy
Sridevi on the sets of Laadla: 30 Years of a Smash Hit
Released on 25 March 1994 after a slew of Sridevi-Anil Kapoor flops, expectation was low when the film released. But you can't keep a good man - or woman - down. Sridevi's high volume performance got all the whistles and claps (Indian cinema is a audience participation program that requires a theatre!) and though the ending doesn't hold up, the performances do.
For someone who preferred understated performances, Yash Chopra was a huge fan of Sridevi's acid-tongue turned role in Laadla and commented in several media outlets after the film's release, how much he loved Sridevi's performance. Something he said decades later after the premiere of English Vinglish too. There's a clip on Instagram/Insta stories as Shahrukh Khan escorts Sridevi to stage and says, "Sriji, I don't know if Yashji ever told you this, but he told me, you were his favourite performer. Ever."
Released 30 years ago, yet another memorable performance by Sridevi. She loved this print power suit look and had it in her personal collection and wore it for several stage shows in the 1990s. I believe its a Manish Malhotra design... but I could be wrong. To be confirmed...
A confident performance, Sheetal wasn't a villain as she was made out to be in reviews for the film. She just wasn't a docile victim waiting to be rescued. The Taming of the Shrew Bollywood-ified to social mores of the 1990s.
Yet another film where though she didn't have the title role, all one remembers is her performance. Truly, the 'great' Sridevi.
Sridevi's bouquet of awards for her swansong Mom. Sridevi's reign over Indian film history was just entering another chapter and we were discovering new pages in her oeuvre. Still providing exciting performances, mesmerising audiences and critics alike, her infinite spools of talent were still being revealed to the world... when, she hit exit left.
It's our loss entirely.
Yeah, she really was brilliant and her loss is beyond compare.
Terence joins our long list of famous fans.
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Sridevi's look from the audio launch of Roop ki Rani Choron Ka Raja.
-- August 1985, Cine Blitz
The film had strong visuals, a gorgeous leading lady and hummable songs... little else. RGV losing his grip on the box-office after the success of his Hindi ventures. Man hasn't made a decent film in decades.
