Sandeep Khosla with Sridevi and Boney Kapoor

TBT: Sandeep Khosla with Sridevi and Boney Kapoor . Designer Sandeep - of Abu Jani and Sandeep fame - was in deep conversation with the Kapoors. Sridevi has worn the rich ensembles of the designing duo several times over the past decade.

Top 7 looks of Sridevi wearing Abu Jani Sandeep Khosla

Woman in White: Sridevi

Sridevi at the first Yash Chopra Memorial Award event back in October 2013 - just months after he passed away. Lata Mangeshkar was the first recipient and Sridevi attended the event to support her favourite director and singer Lata Mangeshkar.

In a long interview with Stardust,* she spoke about how she thought Yash Chopra was immortal - and how his sudden passing shook her.

Well, let the same be said about Sridevi's sudden passing - it was a seismic event and we're still not over it.


* - Pls note in the feature there's an erroneous line about Sridevi's father passing during the shoot in Jaipur - it was during the shoot in London. 

Sridevi’s Diwali ritual for daughters Jahnvi and Khushi

Sridevi is not the staunch disciplinarian in the house. She is, in fact, a cool mother, who respects the needs of changing times and tells her daughters — Jahnvi and Khushi — to "take it easy".

With Diwali just round the corner, the actress acknowledges it's no more about getting up in the morning (as early as 4 am) as her parents would insist she do. However, what has stayed constant over the years is her ritual of shopping for them for Diwali.

She reveals, "Every Diwali, I buy them the traditional South Indian Pattu Pavadai (half-saris) from Chennai myself. They can be in any colour, but black. We burst crackers and go for a family dinner, but there are no card parties."

While the actress herself looks lovely in saris, she feels her daughters are too young to drape the whole six yards. "I would love to see them in one, but they are too young. They won't be able to manage it...in a few years' time definitely," she adds.

By Renuka Vyavahare
Oct 23, 2013, 12.00AM IST TNN
From TOI

Sridevi with her family.

 

Celebrating Karva Chauth: Sridevi in 2013

Sridevi, from a still from her film Judaai

As an ocean of Indian women did the traditional act of fasting for their husbands on the auspicious day of Karva Chauth (which fell on Tuesday, Oct 22, 2013), so did Sridevi for film producer Boney Kapoor, her chubby hubby.

At the residence of actor Anil Kapoor, many members of the Kapoor family gathered and Sridevi was seen leaving the residence in a traditional kanjeevaram red sari, looking gorgeous in her flawless ensemble.

As many who follow know, Karwa Chauth (Hindi: करवा चौथ) is a festival celebrated by Hindu women (mostly in North India but has dispersed in many factions) where married women fast from sunrise to moonrise for the safety and longevity of life of their husbands. The fast is broken when the couple first see a full moon together. 

 

 

Though many feminists decry the ritual act of sacrifice, many women follow the tradition annually. To show support for their respective wives, many husbands fast with their spouses simultaneously too.  

Sridevi at Yash Chopra Memorial Award ceremony: Honouring the great Lata Mangeshkar

In her signature style, a simple and elegant white sari, stunning Sridevi was seen at the first Yash Chopra Memorial Award ceremony held last night (Oct 19, 2013). Commemorating Yash Chopra's contribution to Indian cinema, the organisers hope to make it an annual event.

Boney Kapoor escorted his gorgeous wife to the event and Sridevi was seen with her friends and colleagues such as Anil Kapoor and Poonam Dhilloon, Hema Malini, Rani Mukherjee, Anoushka Sharma, Simi Garewal and so on (all stars of past Yash Raf films).

The award was aptly given to the living legend; Lata Mangeshkar. 

Hema Malini, Pamela Chopra and Sridevi