Empirically, the No:1 Actresses of ALL time are; Rekha, Hema Malini and Sridevi. All South Indian Divas, legendary beauties, great dancers and stupendous actresses. What a rare and great moment captured backstage at Filmfare awards where all three long-time friends, sometime contemporaries were caught catching up.
Then Filmfare editor Khalid Mohamed (Screenwriter and journalist too): "Sridevi is an all rounder, she is unarguably the best No.1 actress we've ever known. Hema Malini and Rekha just didn't have the same snap and crackle, the electricity. Mumtaz was pretty, perky, yes but Sridevi's zoomed leagues ahead. Sridevi can dance, act, she has charisma, oomph, energy. No actress can combine all these elements. Not surprisingly she doesn't have a competitor of equal merit. Put them on the screen with her and they'll look like her hand maidens."
The Angry Empress: You can't call her a queen any longer. She has outgrown that phase to reach the pinnacle of success which no other heroine has scaled so far. No title is more appropriate for her today than 'Empress'. An empress who reportedly commands a staggering price of Rs. 18 lakhs! An empress who draws audience to the cinema like bees to a hive. Throwing caution and diplomacy to the winds, the angry empress. Sridevi lashes out for the first time in her most frank, fearless and forthright interview.
- MOVIE magazine
* We are trying to find the full interview to feature here.
Balakrishna Shroff (Distributor): "Sridevi's box office potential is greater than Hema or Rekha's ever was. Hema and Rekha thrived at a time when there was no video. Next to Amitabh Bachchan, Sridevi is the only one who can guarantee definite returns over a period of time. Earlier heroines were popular but they never were a craze like Sridevi is. Her fan following matches that of a hero and she can overshadow any hero as she did in Mr India. Her contribution to the success of Chandni is 90 per cent."
-- Filmfare, August, 1990
