The most comprehensive fan blog dedicated to India's most beautiful and greatest actress of all-time (in our humble opine!), Sridevi. Sridevi aka Sreedevi, ruled Indian cinema (with awesome performances in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Hindi films) in a career spanning 50 incredible years featuring 266 films. Born in Sivakasi on August 13 1963, her untimely and tragic death on February 24, 2018 left a nation in mourning. In our hearts, she'll forever be, the eternal Queen of Bollywood.
Main ek sone ki murat hoon was an ok song, but Sridevi looked so cute performing it - alas, the song was cut from the released version of the film, Roop ki Rani Choron ka Raja.
Shot in Amsterdam, Sridevi prances around a garden trying to comically seduce a reluctant Anil Kapoor. She's after the jewellery he stole - and he's aware of her less than honourable intentions! There are several amazing scenes and songs in the film - it just didn't have a cohesive thread.
Rare pic of Sridevi with Rishi Kapoor in their last film together, the murder mystery and thriller Kaun Sachcha Kaun Jhootha
Fandom isn't slavery. We are hardcore Sridevi fans - obv - that run this site and FB fan club but it doesn't mean we are immune to Sridevi's goofs either. There are smatterings of bad film choices, wardrobe malfunctions and makeup frights, leaving amazing films for questionable reasons and a few political affiliations that made us frown.
We also had a billion reasons to love her - as she indeed was one in a billion.
We aren't looking for a saint, we're looking at the actress Sridevi was - and entirely in a league of her own.
So its tough but not impossible to write a critique of her films, performances, roles, choices on screen... Though, we mostly choose not to.
However, her singing... hmm.
During the peak of her fame in 1989, we had difficulty digesting the title song of Chandni by its otherwise scintillating leading lady. The critics back then had a field day. Excerpt from Filmfare;
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Excerpt: "Sridevi's' attempt at 'singing' , excuse me while I splutter.. in Chandni meri Chandni reminds you how skilled Sharda, Hemlata, Shabbir and the other members of the off-key club are."
In later years, even Sridevi had a good laugh at the error of her ways, be it in song or film, dance or costume. We all gotta take the 80s with a pinch of salt...
Ah its ok. Aaakhir Chaand main bhi daag hai...
Sridevi and Venkatesh: Song Jaamu Rathiri from Kshana Kshanam (1991): With subtitles!
Rarely do comedies reward their stars with Best Actress trophies - but then Sridevi was no ordinary actress. Sridevi picked up a fine collection of awards for her gentle, comedic take as a hapless, if not helpless, girl on the run from the mafia. She's so cute in the film.
And yet, I knew, when I fell in love with Sri. During the preposterous meta-song Main Lagti Hoon Sridevi lagti hoon, sung by Aasha Bhosle with impish glee (as only a quinquagenarian can) and danced and emoted with Lucille Ball-esque cheek by 'the' Sridevi. Choreographed by Saroj Khan, of course.
She's sooooo funny in the song, her takes on Bollywood icons are so spot on - its tongue-in-cheek without being rude or offensive. Have seen the song a thousand times just to get a glimpse of Sri's myriad expressions...
To be so good in a bad film? Only Sridevi could pull it off.
