Sridevi

Rakesh Shreshta could always make Sridevi laugh on cam. 

Outtake from early 90s photoshoot. 

The denim, casual look was refreshing. Sridevi not in an elaborate costume and makeup for a change. 
 

Sridevi's glasses

She famously had the most gorgeous eyes - except they were damaged by all the contact lenses, overworked strain and possibly refractive myopia... 

Sridevi wore glasses from her 30s on... 

Gorgeous Sridevi on the cover of Mayapuri magazine

 

मायापुरी (Mayapuri) → One of India's oldest and most popular Hindi film weekly magazines.

पारिवारिक फिल्म साप्ताहिक → Parivarik Film Saptahik, Family Film Weekly

Issue details: अंक 943 → Issue No. 943

रंगीन चित्रों से भरपूर → Full of colourful pictures

Rs. 3 

वहाँ पहुँचने पर ज़िम्मेदारी बहुत बढ़ जाती है Translation: "When you reach the top, the responsibility increases a lot."

Boney Kapoor with Sridevi at the airport

 

There are innumerable images of Boney Kapoor with Sridevi, but somehow, this random snap of them at Mumbai airport, captured by the papz, is enlarged and framed in their house. 

The Sridevi centrefold: Robe, glasses, library

 

Have an inkling this was published in G magazine - the one issue I don't have! But would love to grab - a centrefold with Sridevi, shot by the late great Gautam da.

Sridevi and Khushi Kapoor

I find very little resemblance between Sridevi and her eldest daughter Janhvi Kapoor. But more so, youngest Khushi Kapoor reminds most people of Sridevi.

 

 

How Sridevi was supposed to age: How she didn't!

In the film Naya Kadam, Sridevi was shown aging at 50 something... 

Sridevi at age 50 however, never looked better! Now of course... age cannot wither her... well. You know the rest of the quote... 

 

Sridevi with her family: Sreelatha and her family included

Sridevi with her family: Sreelatha and her family included.

Looking back nostalgically at happier times.  

Though it looks like Khushi's birthday, think it was in fact Boney Kapoor's birthday dinner. 

Born on November 11, 1955, Boney Kapoor celebrates his birthday today. 

BTW there was a recent online feature that stated that Sreelatha did not attend Sridevi's prayer meet, which is categorically untrue. 

Though they had their ups and downs, the two sisters made up quickly when the media was having a field day maligning both. 

Sridevi, "I have a problem with numbers, I remember only four numbers, my husband's, two kids' and my sister's number, besides that, I don't have a clue who else to call!" 

 

Denim dreams: Sridevi. Janhvi Kapoor

Denim dreams: Sridevi. Janhvi Kapoor! Too cute. 

 

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

 

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

East or West: Sridevi was the best: Backstage rare pics

 East or West: Sridevi was the best: Backstage rare pics. 

Bespectacled Sridevi on the cover of Mayapuri, the Hindi tabloid

Bespectacled Sridevi on the cover of Mayapuri, the Hindi tabloid 

Photos by Rakesh Shreshta. 

 

Amrish Puri, Jeetendra and Sridevi's Glasses!

The glasses of Amrish Puri, Jeetendra and smiling Sridevi. Sridevi photographed at the launch of Poonam Dhillon's celebrity makeup van venture Vanity. 

More images of Sridevi in the archive here.

Shady leading ladies: Collage of Bollywood's Leading Ladies

 Can you name them all? Not sure I can, From top left clockwise; Rekha, Amisha Patel (is it?!), Raakhee, Jaya Prada, Manisha Koirala, Sridevi, Zeenat Aman, Reena Roy, Juhi Chawla, Jaya Bhadhuri, Urmila, ? and Hema Malini in the centre! 

TBT to 2016: Glasses, makeup free Sridevi and her designer bag!

TBT to 2016: Glasses, makeup free Sridevi and her designer bag! 

Gosh we miss the Sridevi sightings in Mumbai... 

Anupam Kher with Sridevi and Amitabh Bachchan

Anupam Kher with Sridevi and Amitabh Bachchan. From the sets of Nigahein (1989) and the launch of a Ramesh Sippy film that never saw the light of day... 

Anupam Kher and Sridevi worked in nearly a dozen films together of course, including;

Chandni (1989)

Chaalbaaz (1989)

Lamhe (1991)

Karma (1986)

Nigahein (1989)

Mr Bechara (1996)

Hello Nurse! Sridevi, Queen of Comedy!

Sridevi's ease with comedy needs to be studied further! She simply was the best. 

Sridevi's denim, glasses, jeans covers: Filmfare, MOVIE, Mayapuri: Era before Exclusive

Sridevi's denim, glasses, jeans covers: Filmfare, MOVIE, Mayapuri: Era before Exclusive

Rakesh Shreshta shot Sridevi in this cute series. 

Sridevi on the cover of Filmfare, May 1991

Sridevi on the cover of MOVIE magazine, Jan 1991

Sridevi on the cover of Mayapuri

Sridevi: Top Cap

Sridevi, rocking the styling of the times. 

Throwback to the early 1990s where she did this special shoot with her fav photographer Rakesh Shreshta for Aura (now defunct) magazine. The images later were used in other tabloids.

Double take: Adorable Sridevi in denim in the early 1990s

Double take: Adorable Sridevi in denim in the early 1990s

Rakesh Shreshta photography