Nobody ever thought that a little innocent-looking girl, who made her first on-screen appearance at the age of 4 with the Tamil film Kandan Karunai, is going to dominate the whole Indian Cinema industry one day. But it didn’t take it long for Bollywood's eternal beauty Sridevi to prove everybody wrong and make her mark in the Hindi film industry. Actor par excellence, dancer extraordinaire, and possibly the only among her contemporaries to master a comic timing, Sridevi leaves behind a void impossible to fill. Sridevi was one of the most versatile actresses the Bollywood industry has ever seen. Whether it be a role of a mom or a bubbly girl of a small town, the actress knew how to ace every character. Here we bring you 10 movies of Sridevi that has a special place in our hearts:
1. Mom: This movie is the biggest proof of Sridevi’s marvelous acting. Playing Devki Sabarwal in the movie, the actress showed that what a mother can do to avenge her family. Mom captures Sridevi playing a vigilante who takes revenge on the men who raped her teenage daughter.
2. Chandni: This is that one movie, which established Sridevi as the Chandni of the Bollywood industry. An actor of such great caliber, Sridevi played the titular role with such perfection that it made the audience remember her name for decades.
3. Mr. India: Bollywood’s iconic and one of the initial superhero movies, Mr. India helped Sridevi flaunt her extraordinary comic timing. Sridevi plays an idealistic reporter helping the invisible man on the job who eventually falls in love with him.
4. English Vinglish: This movie marked Sridevi’s comeback after a long gap of 15 years. Her tremendous performance as a homemaker who is also an entrepreneur was just so powerful that it moved many to tears. Sridevi not just entertained us with her role but also motivated many women to rise up and show what they truly are.
5. Lamhe: This underrated classic had Sridevi playing two roles. In the beginning, she plays Pallavi, an already engaged woman who enchants you with her graceful performance on songs like “Morni Baga Mein”, and later, she plays Pooja, the orphan daughter.
6. Chaalbaaz: In Pankaj Parashar’s comedy, Sridevi plays twins separated at birth: a simpleton tormented by her relatives and a street-smart dancer. The film that brought her incomparable comic timing to the fore remains one of her best-recognized performances.
7. Sadma: Sadma marked the official entry of Sridevi in the Bollywood industry. Sadma had her playing a girl suffering from retrograde amnesia that has her behaving like an 8-year-old child. Some of the scenes in this film are so powerful that they will leave you in tears.
8. Naagin: Naagin was one of the most ravishing fantasy films Bollywood has ever produced. A cult classic, Naginais considered to be one of Sridevi’s finest performances. Harmesh Malhotra’s tale of a shape-shifting woman was ample proof.
9. Himmatwala: K.Raghavendra Rao’s musical blockbuster co-starring Jeetendra brought Sridevi to the notice of Hindi-speaking audiences and earned her the infamous “Thunder Thighs" title.
10. Karma: A movie with a star-studded cast including Dilip Kumar, Naseeruddin Shah, Jackie Shroff, Anil Kapoor, and Nutan, Karma was nothing less than dream come true for Sridevi at that time. Helmed by Subhash Ghai, the movie had her playing Radha, who shared some fantastic chemistry with Jackie Shroff. Together they added some young charm to the film.
