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Even before she entered Hindi cinema as a heroine she had tasted success at a young age as a child artist in Telugu, Malayalam and Tamil films. When Sridevi made her first debut in Bollywood she was not very comfortable talking in Hindi and her voice was mostly dubbed by Naaz. Her acting skills were not only recognized by Indian directors but also the directors from abroad wanted to sign her.
Steven Spielberg wanted to cast her for a brief role in Jurassic Park, however, she rejected the offer as she was at the peak of her career in Bollywood. She was born on 13 August in Meenampatti village in Tamil Nadu. She died on 24 February She was married to Boney Kapoor.
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Sridevi was a versatile actress and she worked in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, and Kannada film industries. She never received professional training in classical dance forms and yet she was counted in one of the finest dancers of Bollywood film industries. She gained immense popularity for her role. Magazines came up with covers discussing who is ruling the Hindi film industry Sridevi or Amitabh Bachchan.
It was the first time in the history of Hindi cinema that a heroine is compared to a hero. Media projected Sridevi and Amitabh Bachchan as rivals. Sridevi in Nazrana. Sridevi in Aulad. Sridevi in Himmat Aur Mehanat. Sridevi in Mr. This K. Raghavendra Rao's action film had excellent music by Ilayaraja and very well known chartbusters. Sridevi also gave her super hit with Mithun Chakraborty Waqt Ki Awaz a film that had a great opening at the box office and some memorable songs composed by Bappi Lahiri.
Then there was Harmesh Malhotra's Sherni in which Sridevi was seen in leather as bandit queen.
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Although the film was not a big success but many Sridevi fans consider it among their favorite Sri films as it had Sri in a different avatar. Sridevi in Sherni. Sridevi with Jeetendra in Sone Pe Suhaaga. Sridevi with Sunny Deol in Ram Avatar. Sridevi with Nagarjuna in Aakhari Poratam.
The film though was not as successful as Nagina Sridevi got another release opposite Mithun Chakaraborty Guru , She appeared in a double role, though the film did averagely well at the box office it was the alleged kissing scene that Sridevi taken the film's director Umesh Mehra to the court - for claiming that she had a kissing scene - that took the spot of attention.
Sridevi for the first time worked with Govinda that year in Gair Kanooni a movie that have seen audiences whistle to her comic performance. Govinda has pleaded film director Prayag Raaj to get him in the film with Sridevi. The film became a hit at the box office and remarks as the only Sridevi-Govinda starrer.
Yash Chopra's Chandni was another blockbuster of the year in which Sridevi played the title role, the middle class girl.
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The songs became instant hits specially Mere Haathon Mein Nau Nau Chudiyan Hain and Sridevi's Tandav in this film is still considered as one of the most beautiful in Bollywood's history. Chandni also brought back the trend of musical films, it also created a new section of movie merchandising were Chandni chudi, salwar Kameez etc were sold.
Sridevi for the role had to reduce her weight a lot. ChaalBazz another Super hit film of Sridevi was released this year directed by Pankaj Prashar and starred Sunny Deol and Rajnikanth as support to Sridevi who was playing a double role. The film was a remake of Seeta Aur Geeta in which had Hema Malini doing the double role, but Sri gave a new identity to the film with her magnificent act.
Filmfare that year said that awarding Sridevi The Best Actress Award was a sure shot thing as she was nominated for both Chandni and ChaalBaaz , they just needed to decided on which one! This film is also considered the last film that Sunny Deol starred opposite Sridevi. Sunny has sworn not to work with her again as there is nothing for a hero to do in a Sridevi film!
Sridevi in Nigahen - Nagina II. Sridevi with Govinda in Gair Kanooni.
Sridevi with Sunny Deol in Chaalbaaz. Sridevi in Chandni. In the s Sridevi has reduced her assignments a lot and she was rejecting roles left and right. She wanted to sign films that would showcase her acting talent more. The films did not do well as they did not showcase much of Sri's talent.
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Of course the year did not go uneventful. Sridevi along with Chiranjeevi delivered together what can be called one of The Biggest Blockbusters ever in Telugu cinema. Raghavendra Rao. The music which was a huge hit was composed by Ilaiyaraaja and some of its songs were remade in Hindi too. The highlight of the film was Sridevi and Chiranjeevi pairing which in Telugu has the same weight of Sridevi and Amitabh Bachchan pairing in Bollywood.
Until this day Sridevi is called Atiloka Sundari down the south,. Sridevi in Pathar Ke Insan. Sridevi in Naaka Bandi. The film was produced by Sattee Shourie. This film did not do well at the box office. Then there is Harmesh Malhotra's Banjaran opposite Rishi Kapoor in which they both played double roles. The film talks about past births.
However, this year got one of Sridevi's finest performances and a film that was considered cult classic on release itself. Yash Chopra's career's best film and his personal favorite. Lamhe is considered one of the best romantic films in the history of Bollywood, The film had a theme that was considered ahead of its time. Sridevi played a double role as the mother and daughter which was Yash Chopra's first double role film.
Unfortunately, it was not a box office success in India. Lamhe is one of the few films that picked up the Filmfare Award for Best Movie despite its lackluster business. Despite this the film went to become one of the biggest Bollywood hits in the overseas market and video circuit. Sridevi won much acclaim for both of her roles, winning the Filmfare Best Actress Award.
It was during the shooting of Lamhe that Sridevi's father passed away and she had to leave London were shooting for the film was being done and return back to India. She did not resume shooting until 40 days passed in which she returned to the film location in London and did a comedy scene with Waheeda Rehman as her first scene post her father's death.
A crime comedy film opposite Venkatesh. This blockbuster was later dubbed into Hindi as Hairaan Sridevi's status has grew bigger and bigger in the s. From Heroine No. Yes she was termed as The Last Empress. And she genuinely deserved that as she set the standards bar so high that it made others impossible to reach them. Sridevi with Venkatesh in Kshana Kshanam.
Sridevi with Rishi Kapoor in Banjaran. Sridevi in Lamhe. Sridevi with Dharmendra and Vinod Khanna in Farishtay. Although the film was nice, had some very nice songs and Sridevi's performance was very much appreciated but it did not click commercially at the box office. The film which was advertised as India's No.
Khuda Gawah was made at a huge cost, it opened to great response and became the second highest earning film of Sridevi until date is the only actress that got a double role in a movie with Amitabh Bachchan. No other actress before her or after her had this record.
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There was a rumor of a sequel film that surfaced in but nothing was confirmed. Khuda Gawah became cult classics in certain countries and regions. Sridevi with Anil Kapoor in Heer Ranjha. Sridevi with Amitabh Bachchan in Khuda Gawah. Two of Sridevi's long awaited films that she signed in the s were released in This film was delayed as Vinod Mehra passed away in before completing the film.
The film then was completed by Raj Sippy and released it eventually in Sridevi was again appreciated in her double roles. Reviews said she was the best thing in the film. The film did an average business at the box office. It had a budget of 10 crores. The film was initially to be directed by Shekar Kapur when it was announced in but Shekar walked out of the film halfway through and Satish Kaushik took over.
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