Sridevi
Sridevi the diva of Indian film industry was born on August 13 of the year 1963. The Indian actress who is seen in Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, Kannada, and Malayalam languages is said to be a multi lingual actress with immense acting potentials in her.
Sridevi was a born actress and started acting in films at a very small age of 4 years. Later on she made her acting debut as a full fledged actress in the early 1980’s and eased her self to the number one position among the actresses. After marriage and due to her family commitments she suspended her acting career in the year 1997 and is again going to resume it from May 2009.
Sridevi’s early life
Sridevi was born to the couple Ayyapan and Rajeshwari. Ayyapan was an advocate and Rajeshwari was a simple housewife. Sridevi has a younger sister named Srilatha and to elder brother’s from her father’s first wife.
Sridevi married Boney Kapoor in the year 1996 on June 2nd. Boney Kapoor was already a married man and had a wife named Mona shourie Kapoor. Sridevi used to live in Boney’s house during her initial Hindi film career. Boney and Sridevi soon started to become thick friends and then later on were involved in a physical relationship. This made Mona t part her ways with boney and she started to live in the house of Boney Kapoor. It was then, Sridevi and Boney married each other and that was in the year 1996. Boney had two sons named Arjun and Anushula from his first marriage and now he has two daughters Jhanvi and Khushi with Sridevi. Since, Sridevi married Boney Kapoor she got related to Anil Kapoor who is a top actor and also Surender Kapoor who is a producer turned director.
Sridevi was very much attached to her mother and so when her mother died, Sridevi lit the pyre and offered all the last rites at her mother’s last rites like a son.
Sridevi’s TV and Modeling career.
- Sridevi acted as a LUX super model for years.
- She was seen in the serial titled Malini Iyer which was in between the year 2004 and 2005.
Sridevi’s film career
Sridevi had a passion to act from her childhood and this made her start her film career as a Child Artist from the Tamil Movie “Kandhan Karunai” which was in the year 1967. She was just 4 years old and was praised for her superb acting talent.
In the year 1976, Sridevi got her first movie break as a full fledged heroine through noted Director K. Balachander and the movie was Moondru Mudichu which was opposite to Tamil film legends Rajinikanth and Kamal Hassan. The movie was a super hit.
Sridevi acted with Tamil film legend Rajinikanth in the movies like Dharmayuddham, Priya, Pokkiri Raja, Tanikattu Raju and Nan Adimai Illai. With another Tamil stalwart Kamal Hassan she acted in the movie like 16 Vayathinile, Moondram Pirai, Neela Malargal, Guru, Sankarlal and many big hits.
Then Sridevi ventured in Telugu movies and acted with NTR, Krishna, and Nageshwar Rao. She was featured in some hit movies such as Bobbilli Puli, Sardar Paparaidu, Vetagadu, Simham, Bangaru Kanuka, Borrepallem Bullodu, Khaidi Rudraya, Muddulla Koduku, and Premabhishekham. All the movies were super hits at the box office.
In Hindi Sridevi’s career was again at the peak. She acted with Amitabh Bachchan, Anil Kapoor. Mithun Chakravarthi and many such stalwarts. In the year 1978, she was featured in the movie Solva Saawan which was a movie with some masala content. She was seen in movies such as Suhagan, Nagin, Mr. India, Aulaad, Jawab Hum Denge, Waqt Ki Awaz, Chandini, Chalbaaz, Lamhe, Khuda Gawah and Nigahen.
Sridevi then was seen in Malayalam films such as Swapnangal, Poombatta, Theertha Yathra, Abhinandhanam, Aasirvadham and Aa Nimisham many such films.