Sridevi's famous Lux soap ad!

Sridevi: Model Actress: An Actress who Modeled

 

Sridevi : Jaya Prada: Rajkamal Sari advert from the early 1980s

 

Sridevi : Jaya Prada: Rajkamal Sari advert from the early 1980s

Sridevi strikes a match

 

Now I'm not sure about the legality of this enterprise but you can find vintage matchboxes with the face of Sridevi on them...  Um... copyright be damned. 

Sridevi

When Sridevi was modeling Maheep Kapoor's jewellery collection. 

She looked so gorgeous in several of the images, particularly this ad psoter... 

Early 1980s sari ad with Sridevi and.. Jaya Prada! Competitors on all fronts

A sari ad featuring Sridevi and Jaya Prada - shot separately obviously - from the early 1980s. 

Both were fighting for roles, films, directors, co-stars, magazine covers, hit songs, ads and even saris apparently. 

Well, Sridevi swanned by in elegant ease. She was much taller, had natural model-esque grace and as famed photographer Gautam Rajadhyaksha said, could carry western or traditional Indian attire with relentless grace - unlike many of her contemporaries. 

A model actress if ever tehre was one... 
 

Sridevi: Her final iconic Lux ad

Sridevi: Her final iconic Lux ad

Sridevi

 

Sridevi as a model in 1984

 Sridevi as a model in 1984. The Vimal sari campaign was all around India. 

Sridevi and her saris: Modeling for a sari ad in the 1980s

 Sridevi and her saris: Modeling for a sari ad in the early 1980s

Diwali jewellery: Sridevi stuns in her adverts

Diwali jewellery: Sridevi stuns in her adverts

Sridevi looks so staggeringly beautiful in this jewellery campaign. 

Two of the biggest female superstars join hands: Name them below!

Hint: Yash Chopra, Saroj Khan, innumerable magazine editors all tried to get these two definitive leading ladies of Indian cinema together... 

Only Lux ($$$!) succeeded! 

 

Sridevi strikes a pose for Tanishq: Superstar super models

Sridevi strikes a pose for Tanishq: Superstar super models 

As an eternal fan-boy (fan oldie now!), used to cut out Sridevi's ad images. 

Several are archived here of course. 

Sridevi in a tea advert

Sridevi in a tea advert! 

 

Sridevi's ad and cover shoot for Sakhi magazine: Stunning in white

Beautiful Sridevi's ad and series of pics. 

Sridevi advert for Vimal saris in 1984

 Sridevi's Vimal sari ads in Tamil and Telugu media. 

Sridevi poses for Vimal Saris

 Sridevi poses for Vimal Saris!

 A shade of red today for Valentine's Day. 

Our eternal love, Sridevi! 

The ruffles and the blue prom dress: Sridevi in 1980s fashion

The ruffles and the blue prom dress: Sridevi in 1980s fashion! "Seema" was Sridevi's memorable character in Mr.India, the intrepid crime reporter who would do anything for a scoop-- even hit the stage as Miss Hawa Hawai! Just months after the film's release, Sridevi was seen on television and print ad galore for "Cema" light bulbs and tubes! 

At that time, Anil Kapoor was not in favour of actors modeling for products and peddling goods and wares. Sridevi and her famed momager Rajeshwari, however felt otherwise and Sri did every job that paid well. Sridevi modeled famously for the lights, saris, and soaps without hesitation.  

For our gen, y'all remember the song and ad?! Looking for the clip on YouTube but so far, no luck. I'm sure it'll crop up one day. 
 

 

The famous Lux advert: Shahrukh Khan with Sridevi and Juhi Chawla

The famous Lux advert: Shahrukh Khan with Sridevi and Juhi Chawla 
 

Both Juhi and Shah were fans of Sridevi of course. 

Young Sridevi poses for a sari ad: Young model