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Sridevi

Sridevi

Birthday: 1963-08-13 | Place of Birth: Sivakasi, Tamil Nadu, India

Sridevi Kapoor (born Shree Amma Yanger Ayyapan) was an Indian film actress who has worked in Tamil, Hindi, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada films. She has been called the first female superstar 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. In 2013, the 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. 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

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2017
Mom

as    Devki Sabarwal

2012
English Vinglish

as    Shashi Godbole

1997
Judaai

as    Kaajal Verma

1992
Khuda Gawah

as    Benazir / Mehndi

1989
Chandni

as    Chandni Mathur

1989
Gair Kanooni

as    Laxmi

1988
Waqt Ki Awaz

as    Lata I. Prasad

1986
Ghar Sansar

as    Radha

1986
Janbaaz

as    Seema

1984
Inquilaab

as    Asha A. Nath

1982
Vazhvey Maayam

as    Devi

1980
Varumayin Niram Sivappu

as    Devi

1980
Guru

as    Sujatha

1979
Thaayillamal Naanillai

as    Bhuvana

1979
Dharma Yuddam

as    Chitra

1978
Vanakkathukuriya Kathaliye

as    Shanti / Jenny

1976
Thulavarsham

as    Ammini

1967
Kandhan Karunai

as    Murugan