The Sridevi Repertoire: A Gallery Of Her Greatest Performances

"It was Sridevi who changed what it meant to be a woman on the screen in India. It was she who first brought energy to acting for the Indian actress." -- Shabana Azmi, Filmfare (1994)


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This presentation is a five-part collection of the most memorable and landmark performances of India's greatest actress, Sridevi. Thankfully, Sridevi has left behind an incredible body of work that spans decades, genres, and languages. She has not settled for being a mere glamorous ornament in hero-centric films: she has established a new paradigm for what it means to be an actress in India, and done so by redefining the limits of the the types of roles a leading lady could play.

Indeed, with the notable exception of Amitabh Bachchan (and perhaps not even with that exception), Sridevi has played the most distinct and dynamic variety of landmark roles in Indian Cinema: a mentally retarded prostitute (Sadma), a comic journalist/drag queen/superheroine (Mr. India), a serpent avatar (Nagina), a pair of twins -- one a victim of domestic abuse, the other a drunken misfit superstar wannabe (Chaalbaaz), an aggrandized, cherubic romantic (Chandni), the double role of a woman who falls in love with a man who was once in love with her mother (Lamhe), a tribal Afghani Queen ravaged by the presumed death of her husband (Khuda Gawah, another double role), a star-crossed Punjabi lover (Heer Ranjha), a vengeful conwoman (Roop Ki Rani Choron Ka Raja), a wrongly accused drug smuggler imprisoned in China (Gumrah), a monstrously powerful corporate Hell Queen (Laadla), a scatter-brained modern woman who gets caught up in a comic crime caper (Hairaan), an implacable widow in pursuit of justice for her husband's murder (Army), a reluctant adoptive mother (Mr. Bechara) and an impoverished housewife who literally sells her husband to another woman in order to acquire material wealth (Judaai). Whilst other actresses have managed to forge careers with remarkably little acting, Sridevi has built a repertoire comparable only to a few other actors in the world.

These 14 roles encapsulate the behemoth of talent and brilliance that is Sridevi. She not only tore down many barriers and opened up new doors for herself and other actresses, but she proved that she could take mediocre material (sometimes even downright bad writing) and make it not only palatable, but brilliant. In my opinion, her three finest performances are (in order) 1) Lamhe, 2) Sadma, and 3) Chaalbaaz.

Khalid Mohammed, India's premiere film critic, perhaps put it best when he wrote of Sridevi in 1996: "She has meant so much to all of us. The Queen of the Marquee for over a decade. The Supreme Entertainer. The heroine whose performances have lit up our lives in the dark of the auditorium. The bundle of energy and elan who was, without question, born to act."

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Shah Rukh to recreate Mogambo

After his tremendous performance as a villain in “Baazigar” and “Darr”, Shah Rukh Khan may again be seen as a villain in a film.

SRK has reportedly been offered the role of Mogambo in the sequel to “Mr. India”.

Filmmaker Shekhar Kapur is presently working on the sequel, which is titled “Mr. India 2”. Shekhar, who is very close to Shah Rukh, is said to have made this offer to him.

It will be a role of a lifetime for Shah Rukh if he accepts the offer.

Mogambo was earlier played by the late Amrish Puri and to date remains one of the most iconic negative characters in a Bollywood film. Puri’s performance, especially the line “Mogambo khush hua”, is still remembered by the masses.

Shekhar short-listed Shah Rukh as the actor has given noteworthy performances as a villain and Shekhar feels no one can do better justice to Mogambo’s role than SRK.

Anil Kapoor and Sridevi will also be seen in “Mr. India 2”.

Now we are awaiting Shah Rukh's answer, which we hope be in the affirmative.

Hunt's on for Mogambo in Mr. India sequel

The hit 1987 film, Mr.India, was a huge hit at the box-office and now so after 21 years the makers have decided to make the sequel to the film. The original Arun (Anil Kapoor) and Seema(Sri Devi) have been finalized. But now the directors and producers are looking for their Mogambo which was originally played by the late Amrish Puri.

"The sequel is still in the scripting stage. This film will be heavily loaded by special effects. There are two couples – the older couple will be Anil Kapoor and Sri Devi and the young couple's casting process is on. We will have decided on them in the next three months or so once Anurag (Basu) completes Kites," says the source, "While the other casting is still not finalized as we are in talks with Aftab Shivdasani as he was a part of Mr. India as well."

However, the most difficulty the crew is having is in casting someone to replace Amrish Puri as Mogambo.

"Amrish Puri is still fresh in everyone's mind and so we need someone who can match up to him. We need someone who will be a lot more cunning and evil," says the source.