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Sridevi

Acting Born Aug 13, 1963 Sivakasi, Tamil Nadu, India 24 credits

Biography

Sridevi Kapoor (August 13, 1963 - February 24, 2018) was an Indian film actress who has worked in Tamil, Hindi, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada films. She is known as one of the first female "superstars" of Hindi cinema.

Sridevi 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), Varumayin Niram Sivappu (1980), Meendum Kokila (1981), Premabhishekam (1981), Moondram Pirai (1982), Aakhari Poratam (1988), Jagadeka Veerudu Atiloka Sundari (1990), and Kshana Kshanam (1991).

In Bollywood, she made her debut as a lead actress in Solva Sawan (1978) and gained wide public attention with the movie Himmatwala (1983). 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 and Tamil cinema to make a highly successful comeback. On February 24, 2018, Sridevi was found dead in her guest room at the Jumeirah Emirates Towers Hotel, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The official coroner's report showed that she had accidentally drowned in the bathtub, with unconsciousness cited as a contributing factor.

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Known for

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Jeena Isi Ka Naam Hai

as Herself

Kaun Banega Crorepati

as Self
Film

Chandni

as Chandni Mathur

Full filmography

  • Jeena Isi Ka Naam Hai (2002) as Herself
  • Heer Ranjha (1992) as Heer
  • Kaun Banega Crorepati (2000) as Self
  • 10 Ka Dum (2008) as Herself
  • Malini Iyer (2004) as Malini Iyer
  • Satyamev Jayate (2012) as Self
  • Zero (2018) as Self
  • English Vinglish (2012) as Shashi Godbole
  • Chandni (1989) as Chandni Mathur
  • Golmaal Again (2017) as (archive footage)
  • Bombay Talkies (2013) as Self, special appearance in "Apna Bombay Talkies" (uncredited)
  • Mom (2017) as Devki Sabarwal
  • Kavari Maan (1979) as Uma
  • Army (1996) as Geeta Singh
  • Bala Nagamma (1981) as Bala Nagamma
  • Aakhree Raasta (1986) as Vinita Bhatnagar
  • Nagina (1986) as Rajni
  • Mundhadugu (1983) as Bharati
  • Prema Kanuka (1981) as Sandhya
  • Mr. India (1987) as Seema Sohni
  • Aakhari Poratam (1988) as Pravallika
  • Kalavaari Samsaram (1982) as Sujatha
  • Banjaran (1991) as Reshma / Devi
  • Gurudev (1993) as Sunita / Priya