After passing away with a cardiac arrest on Saturday night, Sridevi has left a deep hole in the world of India cinema. Here are some of the unknown facts about the ‘Hawa Hawai’ of Bollywood.
Sridevi’s brother-in-law Sanjay Kapoor says she had no history of heart problem
Bown on 13 August 1963, the Indian film industry icon, Sridevi started her career at the age of 4 as a child artist. cardiac arrest. Her debut film was M.A. Thirumugham’s ‘Thunaivan’ in the year 1969.
The real name of the actress was Shree Amma Yanger Ayyapan. But she adapted the name Sridevi for her acting career.
The popular pairing of 1980s and the 1990s, Sridevi and Anil Kapoor was seen in 13 films together which include Mr India, Lamhe, Laadla, Judaai among many others. Also, Sridevi has done 16 films togetherwith actor Jeetendra.
Sridevi did the most number of Tamil films with actor Kamal Hassan. The two starred in popular films like 16 Vayathinile, Vazhvemayam, Meendum Kokila and Moondram Pirai among many others.
Hollywood director Steven Spielberg approached Sridevi for his iconic film Jurassic Park in the year 1993. But she felt the character did not offer enough for her to perform and that is why Sridevi said ‘No’ to Spielberg.
Sridevi did not dub her dialogues as she was not fluent in speaking the hindi language in her initial acting days. So, veteran actresses Naaz and Rekha were the ones who dubbed for a lot of Sridevi’s films.
The actress was only 13 years old when she played the role of Rajinikanth’s stepmother in the Tamil film Moondru Mudichu in the year 1976.
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The 1992 film ‘Beta’, was first offered to Sridevi before Madhuri Dixit. She also refused Juhi Chawla’s role in the film ‘Darr’ as she felt it had nothing new for her.
The gorgeous actress, Sridevi was honored with Padma Shri from the Government of India in the year 2013.
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