Sridevi in S.P.Parasuram: Telugu cinema in the 90s

 

Sridevi in S.P.Parasuram: Telugu cinema in the 90s

Top of the cops: Hema Malini, Rekha, Sridevi and Dimple Kapadia as Police Officers

Top of the cops: Hema Malini, Rekha, Sridevi and Dimple Kapadia as Police Officers

Can you name all the films? Comment below! 

 

Sridevi and Jackie Shroff in Jawab Hum Denge (1987)

Jackie Shroff and Sridevi as cops on the set of the Hindi film Jawab Hum Denge (1987)

Nurse, cop, lawyer, agent: Sridevi's many jobs on screen

Nurse, cop, lawyer, agent: Sridevi's many jobs on screen 

Sridevi as a cop

Sridevi as a cop in Jawab Hum Denge and... a film that we still don't know! 

 

The OG winking girl; Sridevi!

 Sridevi winking on screen was more cute than erotic, cheeky more than naughty... 

Gorgeous Sri! 

An archive of her winks - I kid you not - here. 

Sridevi in Jawab Hum Denge. 

Sridevi and Chiranjeevi in their last film together: S. P. Parasuram (1994)

One of the comic scenes where Sridevi outshone like she always did! Sridevi and Chiranjeevi in their last Telugu film together: S. P. Parasuram (1994)

Rewriting history: No fam, S.P. Parasuram was a flop: Sridevi and Chiranjeevi fans reality check

 

Sridevi looking gorgeous in S.P. Parasuram. 

This unexpected flop of Telugu superstars Sridevi and Chiranjeevi took everyone by surprise. Released in the summer of '94 (15 June 1994 to be exact), the magical combo of the blockbuster pair of Jagadeka Veerudu Athiloka Sundari (1990), was expected to deliver an instant hit. At that time, JVAS was the biggest success of Telugu cinema - the audience's expectation and anticipation was huge as the stars kept them waiting for nearly four years before working together again. The film opened to packed houses in record numbers and then... nose-dived. 

Now, 28 years later, there's an interesting post-script. Avid.. or should we rabid?.. fans of the two stars are suddenly rewriting the box office palimpsest. Claiming the film to be a huge success, we've seen this false report in several social media accounts and unedited blogs. 

Um. No. S.P. Parasuram was not a hit.

You can't suddenly make up facts about box office figures! Sridevi and Chiranjeevi have spoken about how taken aback they were when the film didn't work - noting that the audience wanted something else, and not the cop drama when their fantasy film had done such wonders in the past. 

Oh well. You can't win them all! 

Sridevi in Watan Ke Rakhwale (1987)

 Sridevi in Watan Ke Rakhwale (1987).

Sridevi as a cop in three films, Watan Ke Rakhwale, Jawab Hum Denge and the Telugu film Aakhari Poratam

Sridevi as a cop in Jawab Hum Denge

Sridevi as a cop in Jawab Hum Denge

Sridevi on the sets of Jawab Hum Denge (1987)

Sridevi looking so pretty on the sets of Jawab Hum Denge (1987).

 

Jawab Hum Denge (1986): Sridevi as a cop in a Hindi film: 80s in Bollywood: Sridevi with Jackie Shroff, Shatrughan Sinha

Wow, Sridevi really has played every role! Here she is as a cop in Jawab Hum Denge (1986). Jackie Shroff and Shatrughan Sinha co-starred.


Below: The Hindi and English posters for the Bollywood film... Jawab Hum Denge. 

Sridevi in Balidaan (1985): Gorgeous in her orange kanjeevaram

Sridevi on the sets of the film Balidaan (1985); one of several films Sridevi did with Jeetendra. 

Film was released on 26 April 1985.

Sridevi in uniform: Sridevi as a cop in Jawab Hum Denge

Sridevi as a cop in Jawaab Hum Denge. 

One of Sridevi's western looks in the film.