The “Sri” Behind Sridevi

Ali Peter John

*Sridevi was an artist and spent a lot of her time painting. One of her paintings was exhibited at the renowned Christie’s auction in London and sold for Charity

*For one of the most iconic roles of her career in Chandni, Sridevi was not the first choice. Yash Chopra was to shoot with Rekha for the film before he decided on Sridevi

*She was one of the first few Bollywood actresses to be offered a Hollywood role by Steven Speilberg for his film Jurassic Park and Sridevi refused the offer. She was at the peak of her career in Hindi cinema and chose not to dip her fingers in too many pies

*She was a cinephile of a different order, having completed acting for 50 years out of the 54 she lived. She had started acting at a very young age and never stopped exploring

*Redefining 'multi-talented,' Sridevi also did some playback singing in some of her films and was also a great cook at home. Talk about work-life balance!

*Her Tamil accent was so strong when she entered Bollywood, that Rekha had dubbed for her Hindi characters. After doing a host of films, Chandni became the first film she dubbed for herself in hindi

The first of its kind book on late Sridevi written by Satyarth Nayak will be released on December 22.

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