Sridevi on the sets of Laadla: 30 Years of a Smash Hit

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." 

• Our massive Laadla archive here, images, info, on set pics, on screen moments.