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Sridevi
Sridevi Kapoor, known mononymously as Sridevi, was an Indian actress who worked in Telugu, Tamil, Hindi, Malayalam, and Kannada language films. Cited as the "first female superstar" of Indian cinema, she was the recipient of various accolades, including a National Film Award, Seven Filmfare Awards, Tamil Nadu State Film Awards, a Kerala State Film Award, and a Nandi Award. Sridevi's career spanned…
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entertainment · Indian actress (1963–2018) · film actor · film producer · manufacturer · actor · also Sridevi, Shree Amma Yanger Ayyapan, Sridevi Kapoor, Sri Devi
Born 13 August 1963 · Died 24 February 2018 · Q270691
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2026· 5 entries
Moneycontrol: "I don't think of dead people, once they are gone...", Ram Gopal Varma on remembering Sridevi's memories on birth anniversery
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Bollywood Hungama: Ram Gopal Varma on contributing to Sridevi biography, “I am told my chapter is the best”
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NewsBytes: 'Spoilt for life': RGV looks back on working with Sridevi
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Telegraph India: Shekhar Kapur remembers Sridevi on 63rd birth anniversary: ‘It was as if magic happened’
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2020· 2 entries
FACTLY rated the claim “Post-Mortem report of actress Sridevi claiming that she was forcefully drugged, and her death was not natural” FALSE.
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India Today rated the claim “Actress Kangana Ranaut has released Sridevi's autopsy report that says she was forcefully fed cocaine, had injuries and her death was unnatural.” False.
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2019· 1 entry
Author and screenwriter Satyarth Nayak wrote a biography of Sridevi
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2018· 4 entries
FACTLY rated the claim “Actress Sridevi was accorded a State Funeral because she was a Padma awardee” FALSE.
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Died 2018-02-24.
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In Memoriam section during the 90th Academy Awards ceremony
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Author and journalist Lalita Iyer wrote a biography on her
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2017· 1 entry
“s rage, and found it hard to be in a normal state during the filming. Mom was released on 7 July 2017 to highly positive reviews, with critics widely appreciating Sridevi”
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2013· 4 entries
Awarded Padma Shri in arts (2013).
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Awarded Stardust Award for Best Drama Actress for English Vinglish (2013).
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Sridevi was honoured with the Padma Shri, the country's fourth highest civilian honour
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Sridevi appeared on the cover of Vogue, which was mentioned in Hindustan Times, The Times of India, and India Today
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2012· 2 entries
Adil Hussain, Sridevi's co-star in English Vinglish revealed that he became a fan of the actress after watching her in Sadma
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“s largest mobile research company. She was nominated for several awards, including her ninth nomination for Best Actress at Filmfare. Following an appearance during the song”
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2011· 1 entry
Featured on the cover of Marie Claire, and in 2012, she was on the cover of L'Officiel
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2010· 1 entry
And at Delhi Couture Week 2012, showing clothes designed by Sabyasachi Mukherjee
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2007· 1 entry
Was featured on the cover of Hi Blitz with the tagline "The Goddess Returns"
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1997· 1 entry
Sridevi went on a hiatus from the film industry
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1996· 3 entries
As a result of the complications suffered from an operation that she underwent in 1995 on a brain tumour at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York
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– Bharathan's Devaraagam, a love story in which she starred opposite Aravind Swamy
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Sridevi married Boney Kapoor of the famed Bollywood royalty, the Kapoor family
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1994· 1 entry
Sridevi teamed up with Anil Kapoor again in Laadla playing business tycoon Sheetal Jaitley
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1992· 3 entries
Awarded Filmfare Award for Best Actress for Lamhe (1992).
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Awarded Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Telugu for Kshana Kshanam (1992).
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Sridevi starred in the epic drama Khuda Gawah opposite Amitabh Bachchan
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1991· 1 entry
Awarded Nandi Award for Best Actress for Kshana Kshanam (1991).
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1990· 2 entries
Awarded Filmfare Award for Best Actress for ChaalBaaz (1990).
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Of heart attack, while she was shooting for Lamhe
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1989· 2 entries
Assembly elections, but eventually lost in the elections
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Sridevi campaigned for her father when he contested the Sivakasi constituency in 1989 assembly elections, but eventually lost in the elections.
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1986· 1 entry
Came the snake fantasy Nagina which saw Sridevi play a shape-shifting woman
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1983· 1 entry
And was one of the highest-grossing Hindi films of the year
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1982· 2 entries
Awarded Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Tamil for Meendum Kokila (1982).
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Sridevi starred in Moondram Pirai playing a woman suffering from retrograde amnesia and went on to win the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actress
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1981· 1 entry
Starred in the Tamil film Meendum Kokila which won her the Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Tamil
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1976· 2 entries
At age 13, in the Tamil film Moondru Mudichu
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Sridevi landed her first leading role in the Tamil film Moondru Mudichu directed by K
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1972· 2 entries
Sridevi debuted as a child artist in Bollywood with Rani Mera Naam directed by K
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Sridevi was always accompanied by her mother Rajeswari or by her sister Srilatha to the film sets during shooting of her films between 1972 and 1994.
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1971· 1 entry
Awarded Kerala State Film Award for Best Child Artist for Poompatta (1971).
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1963· 1 entry
Born 1963-08-13.
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