Tuesday, 13 October 2026

Sridevi: The Last Empress: Filmfare Spread in the 1980s


 

SRIDEVI THE LAST EMPRESS

"I can't afford to do only quality films. That way I'd be able to do just 2-3 films a year."

SRIDEVI

The lady covered up her thighs but still she sold. Bumping and grinding her way through that blue-saree dance in Mr. India, she oozed more sex than the half-clad Sonams and Kimi Katkars. The saving grace of so many also-rans of the year like Watan Ke Rakhwale in which she poured herself into a police inspector's uniform and the only silver lining in the gloomy Himmat Aur Mehanat, Joshilaay, Sherni. Yes, as Sri, as Shekhar Kapur calls her, held on to her No. 1 status without really having to bat her false eyelashes.

Sridevi also turned down offers opposite Mr. Bachchan, she played hard to get with Lata Mangeshkar for Lekin and was replaced by Dimple Kapadia; plus it's said that her momma demanded too much moolah for Shashi Kapoor's Ajooba. Again Dimple was in. But does Sridevi care? Not really. Because she calls the shots, gets the money she (or her momma) demands and lives out of a suitcase in five-star hotels as long as the room service comes on the producer's expense..."



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