Sridevi at the Oscars?

Let's be very clear from the get-go, the background of this Sridevi pic is fake. Sridevi in Oscar de la Renta at IIFA was real. 

As the Academy Awards air this morning (we are in Asia!), reflecting on the number of actors and directors who had stated on record that Sridevi as an actor was comparable to anyone in the West, her vast, oceanic talents and infinite gifts, she could have adapted to any role, any field. She acted in films when she didn't know the language (Malayalam, Kannada - and even Hindi in the early 1980s!), but she learned and adapted quickly. Instead of Sridevi going to Hollywood to work in an English film, her radiance was such, she could have brought the Oscar to India with her performances alone - Sridevi 2.0, ie in her second act post marriage, kids and hiatus, she was just gearing up, one flawless performance after another.... and then fate intervened so cruelly. 

While contemporary stars walk the red carpet or get the privilege to present an award, had we bid our time, Sridevi would have, could have brought home an Oscar, like no other star. Alas...

Of her 54 years, she gave 50 to the film industry, appeared in nearly 266 films [not 300 - fact check Muppets]... There is no one who gave so much to the craft, industry and cared about the performance from start to end. She sacrificed her health, a personal life, family for her work. These posthumous felicitations have yet to meaningfully honour her worth.  

Sridevi was honoured in the memorial section back in 2018 by the Academy (along with Shashi Kapoor and others), which is not the same as getting as Oscar (couple of people wrote and published this incorrectly), and yet, it seemed... not enough. As we still remember Meena Kumari, Nargis, Nutan, Madhubala, for eons, Sridevi will be remembered. 

BTW the real pic of Sridevi in Oscar de la Renta at IIFA below: