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I am not talking beauty here. Madhuri was becoming the toast of Bollywood’s leading men, like Anil Kapoor, Ironically, Beta, Madhuri’s big blockbuster, was offered to Sridevi first and she turned it down. Post 1989, Sridevi couldn’t quite raise the bar. Talking about her love story, Sridevi said: "Boney came to me in 1984 to sign me to play Seema, the lead female role for Mr India. But she manages. Even in her flop films, Madhuri’s item numbers stood out: Sailaab (1990) with “Humko aajkal hai intezar”, Anjaam (1994) with “Chane ke khet mein”, Yaraana (1995) with “Mera piya ghar aaya”, etc. Had she been alive, Sridevi would have turned 57 today. I think visually Sridevi left a deeper mark. Even Dil To Pagal Hai, which Yash Chopra offered to Sridevi first in 1994, ended up resurrecting Madhuri’s career in 1997 after the arrival of Karisma Kapoor and Raja Hindustani (1996). We are building India’s most ambitious and energetic news platform. )Copyright © 2020 The Indian Express [P] Ltd. All Rights Reserved Remembering Sridevi: The 1990s and how Miss Hawa Hawai braved the so-called rivalry with Madhuri Dixit

Madhuri was a choreographer’s delight and her songs outlived the movies she did. And we aren’t even three yet.

Find out. Above, clockwise: Sridevi with niece Maheshwari, eldest daughter Janvhi Kapoor, youngest daughter Khushi Kapoor, younger sister Srilatha... Sridevi: Box Office Queen: 1986. So graceful, so gorgeous!


They made Hindi movies fun and beautiful. I found the event was a heavy-duty charity PR gig. ‘Boney took me to Subhash Ghai’s office once, and all of us sat down together to decide how we would promote her. I can’t afford to cast her in an Amitabh starrer any more.

But a big one is that good people are not yet paying enough for good journalism.We have a newsroom filled with talented young reporters. November 1993 Filmfare interview with Sridevi.
Drama, comedy, song and dance, sex appeal—she had the whole package. With an encyclopedic coverage of the A-list of Bollywood act...The most comprehensive fan blog dedicated to India's most beautiful and greatest actress of all-time (in our humble opine! Remembering Sridevi: The 1990s and how Miss Hawa Hawai braved the so-called rivalry with Madhuri Dixit Sridevi's untimely death in 2018 plunged Bollywood, and the entire nation, into shock and mourning. We pay them fairly and on time even in this difficult period. She had an all too brief role, a guest-appearance that was possibly the best thing in the film... Mahesh Babu, son of veteran Telugu actor Krishna, always said his all-time favourite actress was Sridevi. So Sridevi chose this time to come back. There are many reasons why the media’s economics is broken.

Click on videos below to see her arrive, and the first minute of her danc... Rishi Kapoor spoke to the media soon after it was confirmed that Sridevi had passed. Sigh. Boney would say she is shy, and promise to persuade her to agree some day.Since an NDTV crew was also shooting the NGO/ charity event, I “ambushed” her for a chat.

The December 7, 2011 edition of Filmfare magazine is a collector's item. “Ek do teen” became a trailblazer and Anil Kapoor was now touting her as the next big thing. (Excerpted with permission from Sridevi: Queen of Hearts by Lalita Iyer, Westland Books.

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