Sridevi, Prem Chopra and Jeetendra in Mawaali: The Hitmakers: 17 films of Sridevi and Jeetendra

Critics be damned, Sridevi and Jeetendra had far more hits than flops despite an unbeatable run of bad reviews by many a poison pen! The Madras movie remake factory churned out the films in rapid succession, almost all breaking even and majority being major box-office successes. In the early 1980s, the top draws and money makers were all Jeetendra films with a turnstile of ever-changing actresses ranging from Sridevi, Jaya Prada, Rekha, Hema Malini, Reena Roy and later with Bhanupriya and others. 

The top films of Sridevi and Jeetendra were;

No.	Name of Film	Year	Hit/Flop
1	Himmatwala	1983	Hit
2	Jaani Dost	1983	Hit
3	Justice Chaudhury	1983	Hit
4	Mawaali	1983	Hit
5	Tohfa	1984	Hit
6	Maqsad	1984	Hit
7	Akalmand	1984	Flop
8	Balidaan	1985	Hit
9	Sarfarosh	1985	Flop
10	Ghar Sansar	1986	Hit
11	Dharm Adhikari	1986	Hit
12	Aag Aur Shola	1986	Flop
13	Suhaagan	1986	Hit
14	Aulad	1987	Hit
15	Majaal	1987	Flop
16	Himmat Aur Mehanat	1987	Flop
17	Sone Pe Suhaaga	1988	Hit

They started off with a hit together and ended with one. Movies need not be life-affirming, profound exercises in art, motion and magic - sometimes, they can be just good fun to ease the daily burden of life - and these two stellar stars provided ample entertainment to a nation and generation. For that, we are all collectively thankful. 

Jeetendra, "I have done 15 or so films with Sri. Her sincerity and her inborn gift for acting brought her forward. She has carried herself very well and to this day, one cannot guess how old she is though she has been playing the heroine for the last 12 years. It could be a case of overexposure but somehow she has changed her look and dress-sense to keep pace with the times. Her films like Roop Ki Rani Choron Ka Raja and Chandra Mukhi may have come in for a lot of criticism but no one had a bad word to say about Sri’s performances." 

-- April 1994, Filmfare.