Sridevi the actor who made history in Telugu movies and later moved to Bollywood is still making waves at the age of 50 . Ace director who makes controversial statements all the time RGV is still in love with her. Srivedi with Kamal Hasan was a rage all the time. Any hero with Sri was a great hit and Raghavendra Rao the director who used ladies properly and have shown her in glamour made many hits with her.
There is no doubt, one of Bollywood’s most beautiful leading ladies, Sridevi, who celebrates her birthday , is also credited with giving heroines in B’town a personality they seldom had in the past. Such was the power of her presence that she could compete with the heroes of the time for screen real estate, and get it. Little wonder then that she was called the first female superstar of the industry.
An authority in her own space, Sridevi proved her mettle across languages, from Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada and Hindi films, and gave hit after hit in a career spanning decades. Though her first film Solva Saavan (1978) proved to be a dud, it was with her second movie opposite Jeetendra, Himmatwala (1983) with which she announced her arrival in Tinseltown. Her first ever appearance in a Hindi movie was Julie in 1975 when she played younger sister of the heroine, Laxmi. Her Mr India with Anil Kapoor directed by Shekar Kapoor was a block buster.
Sridevi discontinued her school in the first grade itself when Tamil filmmaker MG Ramachandran spotted and signed her for Nam Naad (1969) at the age of four. She also featured in MA Thirumugham’s devotional Tamil film Thunaivan the same year. However, her father who was a lawyer, ensured a private tutor was available for her education.
Sridevi was perhaps the only actress to have refused films with Amitabh Bachchan. “I have never said I won’t work with Amitji. But then what’s there for any artiste to do in a film starring him? He does everything himself,” she had said in an interview in 1987. However, Sridevi later starred in a few movies opposite Amitabh, including Aakhiri Raasta and Khuda Gawah. Now her daughters are getting ready to act. She is married to Boney Kapoor one of the top producers in Bollywood.
