Sridevi on the sets of Chaalbaaz

The wig, the blue prom dress from 1989 - from one of the funniest scenes in the film Chaalbaaz. "Iske upar pura ka pura tanpura gir gaya..." 

Sri, the banker and Anupam Kher were so damn funny! 
 

Superstar lineup: 1989: An Era: Rajinikanth, Sridevi and Sunny Deol

Superstar lineup: 1989: An Era: Rajinikanth, Sridevi and Sunny Deol 

Chaalbaaz had so many spectacular scenes - especially this one with all three leads. 

 

Disco dancing with Sridevi in Telugu cinema

 

Sridevi dancing away in Telugu films. 

Sridevi in Chaalbaaz

Sridevi in Chaalbaaz 
1989 was a career-defining year for Sridevi. 

Jeetendra and Sridevi in Majaal

Jeetendra and Sridevi in Majaal 
 

Stardust Publisher Nari Hira with Sridevi

Stardust Publisher Nari Hira with Sridevi. 

Just heard that famed Indian publisher Nari Hira, 86, passed away yesterday. Our condolences. 

The man revolutionised the film magazine publishing world with his once omnipotent and omniscient tabloids, Stardust, Showtime, Society, Savvy among other magazines. 

Stardust was launched in 1971 and by the 1980s, was the most scandalous and powerful publications in India. Sridevi appeared on the cover of nearly all his magazines (albeit reluctantly sometimes as Sridevi was shocked by some of the headlines Stardust made with her image on the cover!). 

As all film print magazines are barely keeping afloat - Stardust now is a pale shadow of what it used to be - this seems like the final nail in the coffin as without a visionary leader, the last of the film tabloids is most certainly circling the drain.

But stars can't celebrate - now the scandals have jumped from print to online and they are relentless,  24hrs, more callous and vicious than ever-before! 

 

Sridevi and Anil Kapoor on the sets of Roop ki Rani Choron Ka Raja

Sridevi and Anil Kapoor on the sets of Roop ki Rani Choron Ka Raja... from a scene that was eventually cut in the final edit. 

Rare Still: Kunal Goswami, Rakesh Bedi and Sridevi in Kalaakaar (1983)

Rare Still: Kunal Goswami, Rakesh Bedi and Sridevi in Kalaakaar (1983)

A teen romance about music and love - this tragedy tanked at the box-office ending the career of the male lead. Sridevi, with 13 releases that year was completely unfazed by the film's fate at the box-office as nothing could stop the rise of the supernova. 

 

Sridevi and Anil Kapoor on the sets of Roop ki Rani Choron ka Raja

Sridevi and Anil Kapoor on the sets of Roop ki Rani Choron ka Raja

Rare stills from the sets of the film from a scene that didn't make final edit. 

Rare Pics: Sridevi and Anil Kapoor in Roop Ki Rani Choron Ka Raja

 

There is sooooo much copy about the making of the ambitious fiasco Roop Ki Rani Choron Ka Raja, once touted as the most expensive Hindi film ever made, that we care not to repeat it. 

These rare images of Sridevi and Anil Kapoor (with the film's director Satish Kaushik, a reputable actor but, in all honesty, a less thank lacklustre director) from a scene in the film that was eventually cut. A film in production for nearly five years, they must have so much footage left over, you could make another movie out of it! 

Sridevi looks like a doll. So beautiful. 

TBT: Sridevi's makeup goof: Sridevi in a blue dress

 

Sridevi arrived at an event with her eldest daughter Janhvi Kapoor is always a cause for celebration for the papz. Sridevi was the VVIP guest at Koecsh launch in BKC, Mumbai on 28th Sept 2013. The stunning actress looked absolutely gorgeous, 29 not 50! Appearing with her children or husband at public events has become the norm, but when Sridevi's step-daughter Anshula Kapoor appeared to give the superstar a quick hug, the papz went berserk. Always fodder for gossip. 

-- September, 2013