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

 

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

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

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

Young Sridevi's sari advert

 

TBT: Sridevi as a model for Vimal Sarees

 

TBT: Sridevi as a model for Vimal Sarees 

TBT: Sridevi models for Vimal saris: Bollywood icon in adverts in the 1980s

TBT: Sridevi models for Vimal saris: Bollywood icon in adverts in the 1980s

Sridevi in sari ads in the 1980s

 Sridevi in sari ads in the 1980s 

Grape expectations: Sridevi's sari ad in the 1980s

Grape expectations: Sridevi's sari ad in the 1980s! 

Well, it was a weird time in media back then, everyone finding their footing... 

The sari's not bad tbh... 

Sridevi as a model in the early 1980s

Sridevi posing for a sari ad in the early 1980s. Gorgeous Sridevi as a model - if anyone could carry a sari with grace, elegance and élan 

 

Sridevi: A sari ad still

 

Gorgeous Sridevi as a model for saris. If ever there was a definitive model to sell the elegance and grandeur of India's national dress. 

Stunning Sri. 

Sridevi in a green sari: Queen of the chiffon sari on screen

 Sridevi in a green sari: Queen of the chiffon sari on screen