Sridevi: Power of pink

 

Black or white? Sridevi rockin' 80s and 90s fashion

Black or white? Sridevi rockin' 80s and 90s fashion 

 

Sridevi as a child artist

 Sridevi as a child artist 

The pink confection: Sridevi's look

The pink confection: Sridevi's look from the mid 1980s in Bollywood! 

The fake and the real: Indian stars and their fake pic explosion: Sridevi falls victim

The fake and the real: Indian stars and their fake pic explosion. It's such a worrying trend for those who've thought this true... Its misinformation and deception in jpegs. It isn't Sridevi in a red dress, its a morphed pic with a digitally enhanced dress. We'll only be posting fake pics next to their real ones for context. 

Sridevi's look from Bhagwaan Daada. 

NTR and Sridevi in Justice Chowdary (1982)

NTR and Sridevi in the Telugu film Justice Chowdary (1982) - which was later remade in Hindi a year later as Justine Chaudhury with Jeetendra and Sridevi. 

NTR was 40 years her senior and this film was a smash hit and remade in other languages. 

 

Sridevi's look from Roop ki Rani Choron ka Raja

Sridevi's look from Roop ki Rani Choron ka Raja 

Sridevi on the sets of Chaalbaaz (1989)

 Sridevi on the sets of Chaalbaaz (1989)

 A common cry about this film is the costume and makeup of Sridevi in this part of the film - it was a deliberate choice to reflect the loud character, the tacky makeup the tawdy clipped on 

G magazine: Dec 1992: Sridevi: Touchstone

G magazine: Dec 1992: Sridevi: Touchstone

This gold feather cover shoot and issue - one of the few I don't have but desperately want. This special edition with Sridevi on the cover sold for Rs 18 back in Dec 1992. Now the same edition sells for Rs16,513.78 on ebay! 

Sridevi is the Gold standard in soooo many ways.  

You can see more images from this shoot in the archive here.

Sridevi with with ANR in Bangaru Kanuka

Sridevi with with ANR in Bangaru Kanuka 

Sridevi on the sets of Meri Biwi Ka Jawab Nahin

 

Beautiful Sridevi on the sets of Meri Biwi Ka Jawab Nahin 

The tragedy of this film -- and there are several tragic moments throughout  -- it could have been a rockin' comedy, alas was hastily released (even with a 10 year delay!) without proper editing or completion. Sridevi and Akshay Kumar could have reworked this into something magical. But but but... 

TBT: Sridevi's vintage Lux ad

 TBT: Sridevi's vintage Lux ad 

The face! Sridevi in Chandra Mukhi

 

The face! Sridevi in and as Chandra Mukhi

How she looked so great in a movie that was hardly one, its amazing to me that there are young fans of this fantasy film (and remake!) even now. 

Sridevi

A still from Meri Biwi Ka Jawab Nahin, one of the better picturised songs in the 90s film - that released a decade after launch.

The movie has the rare distinction (or infamy!) of being released when it wasn't completed or with the consent of either of its leads. The complicated history of the film here.

Rare pics from the sets of Roop ki Rani Choron ka Raja: TBT to the 90s in Bollywood

 Rare pics from the sets of Roop ki Rani Choron ka Raja: TBT to the 90s in Bollywood 

Actor director Satish Kaushik, Anil Kapoor, Sridevi, Baba Azmi, Jackie Shroff, Boney Kapoor.

TBT to 2002: Sridevi goes into film production:

TBT: Sridevi goes into film production. This snippet from 2002. Originally the remake of Not Without My Daughter was meant to star Sridevi--as per early discussions on the film circa 2000--, but Sridevi was busy with newborn Khushi Kapoor. Fardeen Khan was in discussion to work in the film but dropped out and Sanjay Kapoor took over. Later the film was offered to Kajol who turned it down and finally the film led with Karishma Kapoor, who gave one of her better performances in her career. The only thing people mostly remember of course was the memorable guest appearance of Aishwarya Rai in the Shahrukh Khan led song and dance routine Ishq Kamina... The film wasn't a blockbuster, but the catchy tune was. And Aishwarya looked incredible! 

Beautiful Indian actress: Sridevi

 Sridevi 

Sridevi, "Boneyji is not controlling my career..."

 Sridevi, "Boneyji is not controlling my career..." 

 This pull quote from Filmfare 1991!

Sridevi in Karma (1986)

• Images and features regarding Sridevi in Karma here. 
• Sridevi in black and gold (a popular combo in her film costumes, be it in Karma, Roop Ki Rani Choron Ka Raja, Banjaran, Mr.India, Pathar Ke Insaan etc) here. 
• Sridevi in black here.

TBT: Sridevi, "My kids do not let me be strict with them"

TBT: Sridevi, "My kids do not let me be strict with them"

• Sridevi with Janhvi Kapoor here.
• Sridevi with Khushi Kapoor here. 
• Sridevi's family life here. 

TBT: Sridevi at Chiranjeevi's Birthday Celebrations back in 2006

 

Sridevi at Chiranjeevi's birthday celebrations hosted by the Telugu Film Industry at the Gachibowli Indoor Stadium in Hyderabad. Sridevi was warmly greeted by the crowds as the stunning actress looked as gorgeou as ever. Sridevi arrived with her film producer husband Boney Kapoor, greeted her Telugu film colleagues and met up with her erstwhile co-star of superhit films, Amitabh Bachchan, who flew in to celebrate Chiranjeevi as well.  

-- April 23, 2006

The call from the dream factory came... And then I met 'the great' Sridevi

This day, that year... Running the blog for years finally paid off! 

Got a call/e-mail from hope productions about English Vinglish. I chatted with two people before talking to this new gal in the industry... who went on to be one of the most decorated directors in Indian cinema Gauri-take-a-bow-you-gentle-genius- Shinde. 

Weeks later, I flew down to Mumbai, met Gauri Shinde, met Sridevi... had an existential moment of all my dreams coming true all at once. 

I rethink a million things now, I wish I had asked Sridevi... so many things. Instead of standing there like a bumbling blithering idiot. Ah. coulda woulda shoulda... so many things rework in my mind, especially now that her sudden gut-punch passing has left me bereft in ways I can't express. There were visions that we'd meet again (we did - in Macau). 

I dreamed and had mood-board goals that we would collaborate on a cover shoot, we'd chat longer, speak in Tamil (I'd learn!) and ya know, replace Manish Malhotra as her new best friend. Sanity was a stranger after meeting Sri... 

English Vinglish surpassed so many of my expectations. Meeting Sridevi was... surreal. 

Having dedicated a chunk of my free time to ensure the factual legacy of an iconic Indian actress lives on, that the erosion of her memory with falsehoods and myth, does not occur, this page is entering its 24th year of existence. Every year, every few months a false report, image, newsbyte - with zero-fact checking, veracity or editing - goes viral. It's unfair and deceptive to do that to the enduring memory of a legend who gave 50 of her 54 years on earth to Indian cinema.  

The face! Sridevi in Chaalbaaz (1989): Peak confidence and superpower of Sridevi

 The face! Sridevi in Chaalbaaz (1989): Peak confidence and superpower of Sridevi