Sridevi between shots: 80s Diva: Makutamleni Maharaju (1987)

 

Sridevi on sets of the Telugu film Makutamleni Maharaju  (1987)

Sridevi between shots!

Sridevi in Makutamleni Maharaju (1987)

 

Sridevi in Makutamleni Maharaju  (1987)

Sridevi in the Telugu film Makutamleni Maharaju (1987)

Sridevi as a dancer in the Telugu film Makutamleni Maharaju (1987)

Sridevi in Makutamleni Maharaju (1987)

Sridevi in Makutamleni Maharaju (1987)

Sri loved a sari - esp a traditional Kanjeevaram. 

Sridevi in Makutamleni Maharaju (1987): Age 24, Sridevi in a simple sari looking so pretty

Between shots, Sridevi on the sets of the Telugu film Makutamleni Maharaju (1987)

Previously I had said its from the film Jawab Hum Denge (1987) - but eagle eye Sridevi-pedia Alena pointed out that its not.  

In a simple green sari, looking so pretty, Sridevi around the age of 24.

35 years of the Telugu film Makutamleni Maharaju: Sridevi and Krishna

35 years of the Telugu film Makutamleni Maharaju with Sridevi and Krishna 

With K Bapayya, Chakravarthy and @BvsnP

MOVIE: January 1988: Sridevi: One Woman Industry

In January of 1988, MOVIE magazine looked back at the year that was 1987 and, yet again, Sridevi was on top of the box-office pile. With 9 film releases that year (in Telugu and Hindi films), Sridevi was playing the long game of working non-stop, having multiple film releases and hedging her bets that one or the other was going to work. The quality... suffered. She was a victim of her own success. And to be fair, the 80s was not kind to anyone. 

As y'all know, I, and really most Bollywood watchers, are not huge fans of 1980s Hindi cinema - it certainly wasn't the golden era, more of a faux bronze patina age. Soooooo many bad films, music,  magazines, pictures, outfits, styling, wigs... Obviously, with a few notable exceptions. 

Movie Title	Language	Co-Stars	Box Office Verdict
Mr. India	Hindi	Anil Kapoor, Amrish Puri	Blockbuster
Aulad	Hindi	Jeetendra, Jaya Prada	Hit
Watan Ke Rakhwale	Hindi	Dharmendra, Mithun Chakraborty	Hit
Nazrana	Hindi	Rajesh Khanna, Smita Patil	Above Average / Hit
Jawab Hum Denge	Hindi	Jackie Shroff, Shatrughan Sinha	Average
Majaal	Hindi	Jeetendra, Jaya Prada	Average
Himmat Aur Mehanat	Hindi	Jeetendra, Poonam Dhillon	Flop
Maa Voori Magadu	Telugu	Krishna	Flop
Makutamleni Maharaju	Telugu	Krishna	Flop

Same same, but different! Stylin' Sridevi in movies: Looks so similar that even WE get confused

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Above: (L) Sridevi in Nigahein (R) Sridevi in Main Tera Dushman 



Even we get confused while we go about tagging and labeling images of Sridevi and putting them in the right film category. We've made mistakes - and lordy-lord we be self-professed hardcore mega fans of the Goddess Sri! - so obviously others do too. A lot!

So here's our thumbnail of corrective measures.

Sridevi may not have repeated looks often (well, she did occasionally) but she did repeat styles and here is a confounding array of myriad images of the movie star in similar but different outfits over the years.

Below: (L) Sridevi's dancing diva look for Pathar Ke Insaan. (R) Sridevi's dancing diva look in Naaka Bandi! Sooooo alike... but different amrapali outfits.

Above: Sridevi in Naya Kadam and Sridevi in...?

Below: (L) Sridevi's engagement look in Chandni. (R) Possibly Sridevi on the sets of... Nagina?

Above: (L) Sridevi in Gurudev, (R) Sridevi in Chandni.

The above created such online ruckus + the usual trolling when we posted on the Sridevi fan page on Facebook - we've now come to expect such lunacy from hardcore fanatics who increase their volume but not their reasoning! The outfits are very similar but obviously different (look at the shoulder length). The picture on the right was posted by YRF with the caption Sridevi in Chandni and a handful went ballistic stating it wasn't - amusing when you think the company had the original pictures, copyright and ownership of it! Now side-by-side, you can see Sri repeated styles, if not outfits.

Above: (L) Sridevi on the sets of Chand Ka Tukda, (R) Sridevi on the sets of Khuda Gawah

Below: (L) Sridevi on the sets of Chandramukhi and (R) Sridevi on the sets of Kshana Kshanam and Sridevi in Lamhe

Above: (L) Sridevi on the sets of Jagadeka Veerudu Athiloka Sundari (1990) and (R) Sridevi and Anil Kapoor on the sets of Roop Ki Rani Choron Ka Raja (1993).

Below: (L) Sridevi on the sets of Ghar Sansaar and (R) Sridevi in Waqt Ki Awaaz. Sridevi on the sets of This is a tough one - the only difference is she's wearing a red shirt in one and a red T-shirt in the other!!

Below: Sridevi in Balidaan (with cap), Sridevi in Jawab Hum Denege. Similar sari, colour etc - look at the blouse sleeve difference to note, they are similar looks but from two different movies. 

Similar styles but different films (not the hair and print). 

Below: (L) Sridevi in a white and gold dancer's amrapali costume in the Telugu film Burripalem Bullodu (1979) and (R) Sridevi in the Tamil film Guru (1980). The jewellery and accessories are the same, even the gold spaghetti strap is the same but the pattern on the blouse is different. Eagle eyed fans pointed it out!  

Above: Sridevi in a print sari in two different films. One look from Akalmand (R), the other from Maqsad (L). 

Below: Sridevi in Farishtay (L) Sridevi in Gair Kanooni (R)
 

Major throwback to the black and white era of the 1970s in South Indian cinema; Sridevi as a child-bride in many a movie. These two looks so similar but... different. (Note the similar sari but different head accessories, hair style). 

(L) Sridevi in the in the Kannada film Hennu Samsarada Kannu (1975) and (R) Sridevi in the Tamil film Taxi Driver (1978). 

(L) Sridevi in the Telugu film Makutamleni Maharaju (1987)

(R) Sridevi in the Tamil film Naan Adimai Illai (1986)

Below: So similar but different films. Sridevi in Sherni (1988) and Sridevi in Aulad (1987)

Below: Sridevi in Karma (1986) and Sridevi in Pachani Kapuram (1985) 

Above: Sridevi at the launch of the shelved film Govinda (1984) and Nazrana (1984). 

Below: Sridevi on the sets of Khuda Gawah (1992) and Gumrah (1993) 

Below: Sridevi's village belle look in two films, 16 Vayathinile (1977) and Kalyanaraman (1979)

Above: Sridevi in Laadla (1994), Sridevi in Kaun Sachcha, Kaun Jhootha (1997).