The evergreen beauty queen of Indian Cinema Sridevi Boney Kapoor celebrates her birthday Today.
Having made impression acting in several hundred films in various languages including Tamil, Telugu, Hindi and Malayalam, Sridevi has managed to find a place in the history of Indian cinema with some of her soul-stirring performances.
Sridevi started her career as a child artiste in the Tamil movie Kandhan Karunai in 1967. She had also been part of few Malayalam movies then.
It was K Balachander's Moondru Mudichu, starring Rajnikanth and Kamal Haasan, which announced the arrival of Sridevi as heroine.
After Moondru Mudichu, Sridevi had a succession of huge hits with both these Tamil superstars. With Kamal Haasan, she acted in movies such as Guru, Sankarlal, Sigappu Rojakkal, Thaayillamal Naanillai, Meendum Kokila, Vaazhve Maayam, Varumaiyin Niram Sigappu, Neela Malargal, Moondram Pirai, and 16 Vayathinile.
With Rajnikanth, she acted in movies such as Dharmayuddham, Priya, Pokkiri Raja, Thanikattu Raja, Adutha Varisu, and Nan Adimai Illai.
Sridevi also made in roads into Telugu movies. She acted with all big in Telugu including N T Ramarao, Nageshwarar Rao, Krishna, Chiranjeevi.
Winner of Filmfare Awards for Best Actress in Meendum Kokila and Kshana Kshanam, Sridevi ventured to Hindi successfully with Solva Saawan. She followed it up with hits like Himmatwala, Sadma Tohfa, Nagina, Mr India, Chandni, and Chaalbaaz. Nagina is remembered for her iconic dance sequence in the film's climax. Shekhar Kapur's all-time hit Mr India won her rave reviews.
She acted alongside Amitabh Bachachan in movies like Khuda Gawah and Gumrah and movies like Laadla won her acclaims. After the blockbuster hit in Judaai, the actress married prominent producer Boney Kapoor and bid bye to the industry. Sridevi returned to the small screen, briefly, in the popular serial Malini Iyer.
Let's wish the actress from Down South, who successfully scaled all peaks to leave a name for herself in North, on her birthday.