Sridevi in Sarfarosh (1985)

Sridevi, 21, on the sets of Sarfarosh (1985). 
 

Jeetendra and Sridevi in Sarfarosh

Jeetendra and Sridevi in Sarfarosh (1985)

The Jeetendra and Sridevi centrefold from 1985!

A rare still from Sarfarosh; the Jeetendra and Sridevi centrefold from 1985!

Sridevi and Jeetendra: 40 Years of Sarfarosh!

Sridevi, 21, and Jeetendra, 42, on the sets of Sarfarosh: TBT to early 1985. 

A rare flop among a slew of hits, the film is somewhat memorable for many Sridevi fans as it had the catchy Kishore Kumar number, "Sridevi Sridevi Sridevi Tu Nahin..." } performed on screen with no sense of irony by Jeetendra and... Sridevi herself!

The wiggy of it all - Jeetendra's! 

It appears as if Jeetendra styled himself like NTR in Sardar Paparayudu (1980) - the Telugu original version of Sarfarosh. While the original version was a blockbuster, hence remade (Sridevi appeared in both), the quick frame by frame Hindi version did nothing for the coffers of the film producer... er... Jeetendra! Jeetendra was successful, of course, but his fan following was nothing compared to NTR! 

Jeetendra's home productions rode the tide of hits and flops rather jarringly. He lost a lot of money (Deedar-E-Yaar) and then made some (Jyoti Bane Jwala & Pyaasa Sawan), and then lost again (Aag aur Shola). Overall, in the long run, the enduring legacy of the superstar lies in his business acumen - as he famously said on Comedy Nights with Kapil, his only goal in life in movies was to make money - he didn't care for any awards or accolades! Just rewards! He sowed the seeds that has led to the entertainment production behemoth his company has now become - led dutifully by his wife and daughter. Film production in India is serious business; rhino hide skin needed to survive! Just ask producer Boney Kapoor! The slings and arrows of critics are incessant and rewards infrequent. 

Released on 15 March 1985, though Sarfarosh was a surprise flop, the two leading stars Sridevi and Jeetendra barely felt the pinch, as the film preceded two hits, and followed two hits! 

Stars come and go, flops come and go, the enduring legacy lives on. 

RELATED FEATURES

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• Sridevi and Jeetendra films here.
• Sarfarosh gallery and featuers here.
• Sridevi in the 1980s here. 

Jeetendra and Sridevi in Sarfarosh (1985)

Jeetendra and Sridevi in Sarfarosh (1985)

 

Sridevi on Bollywood film set in the 1980s: Rocking the Fashion of the Time

Sarfarosh stills. 

 Sridevi on Bollywood film set in the 1980s: Rocking the Fashion of the Time 

Sridevi and Jeetendra rock out in Sarfarosh (1985)

Sridevi and Jeetendra rock out in Sarfarosh (1985)

The song 'Cho cho chor' is cute only to see these two do the disco on some random mountain! Sri's glittering top and pants, she looks svelte on screen - a little heavier in the pics here. Don't know why. She was stunning in the song.

We have a huge archive of images from the film here. 

Sridevi with Leena Chandavarkar and Jeetendra in Sarfarosh (1985)

 

Sridevi with Leena Chandavarkar and Jeetendra in Sarfarosh (1985)

Sridevi in Sarfarosh (1985)

Sridevi in Sarfarosh (1985)

Oh those are some bigggggg Jackie-O plastic shades... 

Jeetendra and Sridevi in Sarfarosh (1985): Dancing up a storm across gardens of India

Jeetendra and Sridevi in Jeetendra's home production Sarfarosh (1985) 

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A Slim and Trim Sridevi on the sets of Sarfarosh

Sridevi on the sets of Sarfarosh (1985).

After Sridevi garnered the sobriquet of "thunder thighs" in 1983 for her swimsuit-clad appearance in Himmatwala, Sridevi came back thin and trim and oh-so-long-limbed in Sarfarosh. 

Young Sridevi in 1985 with current trend: short shorts!

Sridevi on the sets of Sarfarosh back in 1985 - rockin' a current trend, shades and short shorts!

The caption on the image is wrong - and published in a leading magazine. Film journalism in India is notoriously inaccurate - people make up entire interviews, quotes, features, fake images of stars next to each other to sell copies. Captions and credits all be damned too! One of the many horrendous traits borrowed from Hollywood.

FYI: Below is an image of Sridevi on the sets of Sarfarosh from the song Sridevi, Sridevi tu nahin... (which you can watch on YouTube to confirm!) in 1985, not Aakhri Raasta in 1986! The second shot of Sridevi with Jeetendra from the same song.