Life & Death of Cine Goddess Sridevi Held Nation in Thrill. Sridevi phenomenon in Hindi films started with "Himmatwala" in 1983. She worked as a child artist with thespians such as Sivaji Ganesan (Kandan Karunai, 1967) and MGR (Nam Naadu) in Tamil films.
Life & Death of Cine Goddess Sridevi Held Nation in Thrill
As a young girl to the film track, She acted in ‘My heart is beating’,
in Julie (1975). Her lead debut in Hindi, Solva Sawan starring fellow legends
Kamal Haasan and Rajinikanth. It is the remake of her Tamil hit, 16 Vayathinile
(At 16). "Himmatwala", with Jeetendra in the male lead happened with
her. But director K Raghavendra Rao hit bull’s eye at the box office. Her rise
and shine was a part of great Southern hit Bollywood in the late-1970s and
early 1980s. Jaya Prada (Sargam, 1979), Kamal Haasan (Ek Duje Ke Liye, 1981)
and Rajinikanth (Andha Kanoon, 1983) but none reached the skyscraper heights
like Sridevi in Bombay.
Directors such as K Raghavendra Rao "Himmatwala", and K Bapaiah "Mawali", "Maqsad" played key roles in her career. The movies were aimed at the frontbenchers at a time. The gentry was being lured away from the theatres by the new techno-toy: the video cassette player. The thoughtful Sadma released the same year. Sridevi started demanding and getting stronger roles – Chaalbaaz and Nagina. Later she is even said to have refused an inadequate part in Steven Spielberg’s Jurassic Park. When Bollywood listers Shekhar Kapur (Mr. India) and Yash Chopra (Chandni and Lamhe) cast her, it meant her conquest of Bollywood was complete. Sridevi became the chiffon in Chopra’s Switzerland.
In both Chandni and Lamhe, she displayed a more expressive and less flamboyant side as evident in some of her Tamil and Telugu movies such as the award-winning Meendum Kokila (1982). At the core of Sridevi’s prowess was a range of natural attributes. Her elfin smile could light up a pinball machine. And her eyes mirrored every emotion. They could convey anger (Army, Sherni) or hesitant love (Lamhe, 1991). Acting seemed to be a switch which could be turned on or off at a moment’s notice. She could play a woman interrupted (Sadma) and be both whipsmart assertive or silently submissive in the same space (Chaalbaaz). She was a rare heroine with an incredible sense of comic timing with "Her Chaplin act in Mr. India".
Directors such as K Raghavendra Rao "Himmatwala", and K Bapaiah "Mawali", "Maqsad" played key roles in her career. The movies were aimed at the frontbenchers at a time. The gentry was being lured away from the theatres by the new techno-toy: the video cassette player. The thoughtful Sadma released the same year. Sridevi started demanding and getting stronger roles – Chaalbaaz and Nagina. Later she is even said to have refused an inadequate part in Steven Spielberg’s Jurassic Park. When Bollywood listers Shekhar Kapur (Mr. India) and Yash Chopra (Chandni and Lamhe) cast her, it meant her conquest of Bollywood was complete. Sridevi became the chiffon in Chopra’s Switzerland.
In both Chandni and Lamhe, she displayed a more expressive and less flamboyant side as evident in some of her Tamil and Telugu movies such as the award-winning Meendum Kokila (1982). At the core of Sridevi’s prowess was a range of natural attributes. Her elfin smile could light up a pinball machine. And her eyes mirrored every emotion. They could convey anger (Army, Sherni) or hesitant love (Lamhe, 1991). Acting seemed to be a switch which could be turned on or off at a moment’s notice. She could play a woman interrupted (Sadma) and be both whipsmart assertive or silently submissive in the same space (Chaalbaaz). She was a rare heroine with an incredible sense of comic timing with "Her Chaplin act in Mr. India".
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