One, two, three... Sridevi in pink: Filmfare says she's The Greatest on the cover!

A triptych of Sridevi from the set of Lamhe (1991),

Looking so cute - if you remember this comedic scene, Sri in London. The cover shot of Filmfare is too lovely. August 1990. 

Cover girl: Mayapuri: Sridevi

Sridevi looks so much like Bhanupriya here or Bhanupriya has been styled to look like Sridevi so often in the 1980s... 

This cover shoot of Sridevi in Mayapuri magazine, the off shoulder dress and the hair band accessoriy... 

The 80s makeup and styling... 

TBT: Stardust February 1989: How Sridevi took a Kiss to Court!

 TBT: Stardust February 1989: How Sridevi took a Kiss to Court! 

Sridevi with her Dimple Kapadia hair!

 Outtakes from a cover shoot for Cine Blitz. Shot by Gautam da, MUA by Mickey Contractor. 

Sridevi's straw hat: MOVIE magazine cover shoot outtakes

Sridevi's straw hat: from Sept 1991, MOVIE magazine cover shoot outtakes. Shot by Sridevi's favourite photographer and long-time collaborator Rakesh Shreshta, the cover shoot and cover story ran just days before the release of the highly anticipated Yash Chopra epic Lamhe. 

RELATED FEATURES

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• Sridevi's straw hat image series here and here.
• Sridevi in MOVIE magazine over the years here.
• Sridevi's shoots with Rakesh Shreshta here.

TBT: Sridevi in 1984

That red lipstick and a statement necklace for a magazine cover shoot, gorgeous 21 year old Sridevi in Bollywood.

 

Sridevi rockin' 80s fashion: Cover girl in Pink Net

Star & Style 

October 11 - 24, 1985 

Photograph: Rakesh Shreshta

TBT: Sridevi and Anil Kapoor on the cover of Stardust, March 1985

 

A 36 year throwback! Stardust cover shoot with Anil Kapoor and Sridevi - pre publicity shots for what eventually became Mr.India. Well, Mr.India was released in the summer of 1987, there was a mahurat at the end of 1984 for a film called Govinda - with a tan Anil Kapoor and a village-belle look for Sridevi. But that never got made.

This shoot was done for Stardust. 

Sridevi fans overdo it again

Above: The original shots of Sridevi published in Aura magazine in the early 1990s. 

Below, Sridevi gets an enhanced look on Instagram courtesy of over enthusiastic fans. I don't understand why you would tamper with perfection?! 

Sridevi's bedazzled turban for Cine Blitz: June 1988

Sridevi's bedazzled turban for Cine Blitz, June 1988. 

Sridevi, December 1991 - on the cover of Stardust - from the same shoot!  

Aamir Khan with Sridevi, Jan 1989

This cover shoot with Sridevi and Aamir Khan was the hottest issue of the year - the year was 1989!

Aamir spoke about Sridevi in earlier post here.

In fact, you can read up on how this cover shoot came about when Sridevi, then age 26 and the undisputed Queen of Bollywood and 24-year-old Aamir Khan, who had just appeared in QSQT, came together for this scintillating cover shoot in the archives here.