Her death as in her life drew in the crowds with hundreds of thousands of mourners lining Mumbai’s streets crying out “Sridevi Amar Rahe” (long live Sridevi) as her funeral cortege slowly traversed the six km. In a national poll, Sridevi was voted “India’s Greatest Actress in 100 Years.” Acting in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada and Hindi language films, she had pan Indian appeal, and was a talented dancer as well as having great comedic timing.
The highest earning Indian actress of her time, she was Bollywood’s first female Superstar carrying the movie on her own appeal without relying on a big name hero. I believe every woman must experience this else your life isn’t complete.Īll Bollywood fans mourned Sridevi’s tragic untimely demise this February. It was a pleasure watching my daughters grow up. But then the last 15 years have been another beautiful journey. But I enjoyed my work, otherwise it would have been sheer torture. It was like a school bell and on the dot I would run and sit in my car. My mom had set a rule that come what may, I should stop working at 6 pm. Playing different characters was a challenge. When you stopped working, was it a relief that you no longer had to rush to the studio and apply make-up?Ī Nothing like that. But I do sit in at the scripting stage and now so does Jhanvi. I was asked this earlier too and my answer remains the same. Would you have opted for a comeback behind the camera?Ī That’s not my cup of tea at all. It wasn’t vulgar but I don’t think it would suit my personality today.
Besides, I don’t think I’d be comfortable doing such a dance today. Today I think my children will kick me out of the house if I even attempted something similar. It turned out to be special at that point of time. Is there another Kaate nahin katte in the offing?Ī (Laughs) I don’t think that will ever happen again. The audience goes to see a Sridevi film not only because you’re one of our most beautiful and versatile actresses but also because of your dance moves. But today Tamil films wouldn’t be a priority as they would entail leaving my children in Mumbai and staying away from them. But Tamil films gave me more challenging roles. Which films did you enjoy doing more - Hindi ones or those down South?Ī I have always enjoyed my work no matter which language I worked in. Though English Vinglish just happened, it’s something I would have taken up at any given time. One film was with Amitji (Amitabh Bachchan) for the Hindi version and Rajni in Tamil but it didn’t happen as Rajni fell ill. I loved Balki’s Cheeni Kum as well as Paa and so agreed to go through them.
Boneyji (Kapoor) and Balki are friends and Balki told him about the two scripts he wanted me to check out. It’s not as if I sat down and made up my mind about making a comeback.
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