Sridevi Trivia:

Random Sridevi trivia

• Did you know Sridevi acted with three former Chief Ministers? MGR, NTR and Jayalalitha?
• Did you know Sridevi's work ethic, exertion and pushing through when she was ill to wrap a film has been recorded since the early 1980s? Sridevi's self sacrifice, much to the detriment of her own health, has been recorded several times; famously, during the making of Mr.India, Chaalbaaz, Meri Biwi Ka Jawan Nahin, Gumrah, and English Vinglish. 
• Did you know while facing personal loss and tragedy, Sridevi suppressed her profound grief to continue working? Sridevi worked soon after her father's death in Lamhe, and her mother's too, when she completed Judaai soon after. 
• Did you know, despite doing innumerable (well, numerable -we're working on the list!) rain song & dance sequences, she was not a fan of working on them? She couldn't hear the sound, she wasn't sure the water was clean, she spoke on Baje Payal that she doesn't love the experience of dancing in the rain on set! 
• Did you know Sridevi didn't much care for live interviews - hence rarely did them? During the peak of her career, she barely did five on TV interviews and begged off appearing on Koffee with Karan, Rendezvous with Simi Garewal and Aap ki Adalat and Vir Sanghvi's show. Finally during Mom promotions, while the others were on hiatus, she appeared with Vir Sanghvi.
• Did you know she was a huge fan of Savitri, Shammi Kapoor and Michael Jackson? 
• Did you know among new gen, Sridevi's favourites included Kajol, Vidya Balan, Kangana Ranaut, Karishma Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra and Deepika Padukone? 
• Sridevi was a great fan of fellow Number One heroines, Rekha, Hema Malini and Vyjanthimala? She considered Rekha and Hemaji the ultimate screen beauties and said of herself, 'Some films, I look OK.'