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Sridevi Kapoor, known as Sridevi (born Shree Amma Yanger Ayyapan on 13 August 1963) is an
Indian film actress who has worked in Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, Malayalam and a few Kannada
films. She is cited as the first female superstar of Hindi Cinema.
She started her career as a child artist in M.A. Thirumugham’s devotional Thunaivan at the
age of four, and continued to act as a child artist in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada
films. She made her Bollywood debut as a child artist in the hit Julie (1975) and played her
first adult role at age 13 with the Tamil film Moondru Mudichu (1976). Subsequently, Sridevi
established herself as one of the leading actresses of Tamil and Telugu cinema, with roles
such as 16 Vayathinile (1977), Sigappu Rojakkal (1978), Meendum Kokila (1981), Moondram
Pirai (1982), Varumayin Niram Sivappu (1980), Premabhishekam (1981), Aakhari Poratam (1988),
Jagadeka Veerudu Atiloka Sundari (1990), and Kshana Kshanam (1991).
In Bollywood, she has marked her debut as a lead actress with Solva Sawan (1978), she gained
wide public attention with blockbuster movie Himmatwala (1983). She appeared in a string of
commercially successful movies like Mawaali (1983), Tohfa (1984), Masterji (1985), Karma
(1986), Mr. India (1987), Waqt Ki Awaz (1988), Chandni (1989). She also received critical
acclaim for commercially successful movies like Sadma (1983), Nagina (1986), ChaalBaaz
(1989), Lamhe (1991), Khuda Gawah (1992), Gumrah (1993), Laadla (1994), Judaai (1997)
In 2012, Sridevi returned to films after a 15 year long hiatus with English Vinglish and
became the only actress in the history of Hindi Cinema to make a highly successful
comeback.[11] In 2013 Government of India awarded her Padma Shri, the fourth highest
civilian honor. She was also voted 'India's Greatest Actress in 100 Years' in a CNN-IBN
national poll conducted in 2013 on the occasion of the Centenary of Indian Cinema. In her
career, Sridevi has won five Filmfare Awards including a Filmfare Special Award.
Sridevi announced her comeback in early 2011, while working in a new film English
Vinglish.[85] directed by Gauri Shinde (R. Balki's wife). Her return was officially
announced at the IIFA Awards 2011 held in Toronto with a montage of Bollywood stars
welcoming her back. After the Toronto premiere,some international media outlets hailed
Sridevi as the "Meryl Streep of India."[86][87][88] Two weeks later America's entertainment
weekly Variety wrote in its review of English Vinglish that it found Sridevi "Disarmingly
charming in a manner that recalls Audrey Hepburn."[89]
On release, the film and Sridevi's performance received positive response. The Times of
India gave it 4/5 calling it "Easily one of the best films of 2012...Sri's performance is a
masterclass for actors...Request you to make a little place next to you, Rajkumar Hirani;
Gauri Shinde has taken a bow in mainstream Bollywood."[90] Another 4/5 came from Raja Sen of
Rediff who found the film is "a winner all the way...Sri excels in fleshing out her
character."[91] Critic Subhash K Jha gave a 4.5 saying Sridevi "makes the contemporary
actresses, even the coolest ones, look like jokes...If you watch only two films every year
make sure you see "English Vinglish" twice!"[92]
Rajeev Masand of CNN-IBN gave it 3.5 stars saying Sridevi delivers "a performance that is
nothing short of perfect...It's warm and fuzzy, and leaves you with a big smile on your
face."[93] Anupama Chopra also gave it 3.5 calling it "that rare thing...Sridevi doesn't
miss a beat. Her performance is a triumph."[94] Firstpost's Rubina Khan gave the film a full
5/5 saying "Sridevi brings acting back in English Vinglish."[95] Komal Nahta said it was
'beyond stars' applauded Sridevi saying she "makes the best comeback in Bollywood history
and delivers a landmark performance."[96] Social movie rating site MOZVO gave it 4.1 out of
5 putting it in 'Must Watch' category.[97] Amer Shoib of The Cinema Journal gave it 4/5 and
called the film "a hilarious, touching, sensitive, and sweet film that marks the triumphant
come back of India's biggest female star...Sridevi."[98]
With the worldwide triumph of English Vinglish, Sridevi, most probably, became the only
actress in Bollywood to make a successful comeback as a leading lady after marriage and a
long hiatus.[11][99][100][101] Box Office Capsule hailed the film and Sridevi's return as
"Golden Comeback of the Queen."[102] Director Gauri Shinde featured in the Financial Times
2012 list of '25 Indians To Watch'.[103] Film critic Raja Sen from Rediff explained why she
is ranked as No. 1 "This is a simple film where things are credible, never melodramatic, and
Sridevi – in a range of well-picked cotton sarees – always judges the tone right. It's the
sort of performance younger actresses, including the ones on this list, should learn
from."[104]
Sridevi emerged as the most-admired Bollywood actress of 2012 in a mobile survey conducted
by Vuclip, world's largest mobile research company.[105] Furthermore, she was nominated for
Best Actress in most of the award ceremonies, including the Filmfare awards, where she
received her ninth nomination for Best Actress.
Sridevi was born in Sivakasi, Tamil Nadu on 13 August 1963 to Telugu mother Rajeswari and
Tamil father Ayyapan.[2][107] Her father was a lawyer. She has a sister and two step
brothers.[108][109] During the 1980s, Mithun Chakraborty had a love affair with
Sridevi.[110][111][112] Sridevi had fallen in love with Chakraborty on the sets of Rakesh
Roshan's Jaag Utha Insan.[113][114] Sridevi and Mithun Chakraborty are rumored to have got
married secretly and later Chakraborty admitted it to the press but only when a fan magazine
published their marriage certificate.[113] Sridevi married Boney Kapoor, a film producer and
the elder brother of actors Anil Kapoor and Sanjay Kapoor, in 1996. They have two daughters,
Jhanvi and Khushi.
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