
Sridevi has lot of class, even today she has maintained herself well. (www.naradonline.com).
Aishwarya Rai
(Actress)
Sridevi, I'm a die-hard fan of hers. I remember watching her super hit films Himmatwala and Tohfa when I was a cook in Bangkok. Even in my wildest dreams I couldn't have imagined that I'd be her hero one day. I was on cloud nine when Pankaj Parashar cast me opposite her in Meri Biwi Ka Jawab Nahin. But though the film is 90% complete it's been languishing in the cans for over three years. Sad. (Filmfare, Oct, 1999).
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Akshay Kumar
(Actor)
I am not sure I will be able to do it, but I would live to play Sridevi in Chaalbaaz. I saw the film recently and I was bowled over by her sheer talent. She played both diametrically opposite roles so beautifully. Another film I was very impressed with was Khuda Gawah. I did a horse riding sequence for Shandaar recently and I was so scared, even after I underwent all that training, In Khuda Gawah, she has so many horse-riding sequences and she seems so much at ease. I don't think I can do justice to any of her roles but I would like to reprise her on the big screen. (DnaIndia.com,April 2015)
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Alia Bhatt
(Actress)
Amitabh Bachchan
(Actor)
Amrita Arora
(Actress)
Except for Sridevi all the other heroines including myself can be slotted together. I'm afraid it is reality and its time we face reality. I'm sorry but I'm speaking the truth. Today most producers are proposal makers and most heroines are interchangeable. Sridevi is the only heroine who makes a difference in the selling price of a film.. Sridevi is there for keeps. Take it or leave it. She is like Rajiv Gandhi and the rest of us heroines are like the cabinet ministers. (Showtime, Jan, 1989)
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Amrita Singh
(Actress)
Anil Kapoor
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Anupam Kher
(Actor)
Aparna Sen
(Direcctor)
I met Sridevi 3 days ago for lunch. She's lovely as ever. To me she's a teenager. I sang for her first Hindi film and even in a film called Red Rose. She looked like a doll then, she looks like a doll now. When I used to sing strange songs for her like Mama Miya Pom Pom, I used to think what kind of song am I singing? But it was a fun time. She'll be lovely on screen again. I am not singing for her coming film, but she should act again. She's very talented.
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Asha Bhosle
(Playback Singer)
Asha Parekh
(Actress)
Ashima Bhalla
(Actress)
Asin
(Actress)
She's still the best. Flops can'r take away any artiste's talent. Like the calibre of Dilip Kumar and Amitabh Bachchan can never be in doubt even though some of their films may not have been box-office successes. Today, we remember Madhubala and Meena Kumari with great affection. Twenty to 30 years from now, the new generation will hold Sridevi in high regard as well. She's a professional who takes care of details - like her make-up and costumes. She can be fanatically dedicated. I remember we were shooting the rain-dance, Kaate Nahin Katte for Mr.India. She had high temperature but refused to call off shooting that day. (Filmfare, April, 1994)
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Baba Azmi
(Cinematographer)
Sridevi is an exceptionally good actress, earlier this year she was approached for one of my films Brahma Teja. It is a period film and she had agreed to do it. if she still willing to do it then we will make the film. that character has been made for her. nobody else can play it. if not, we will simply drop the project. (Cine Blitz, Aug, 1996)
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Balakrishna
(Actor)
Sridevi's box office potential is greater than Hema or Rekha's ever was. Hema and Rekha thrived at a time when there was no video. Next to Amitabh Bachchan, Sridevi is the only one who can guarantee definite returns over a period of time. Earlier heroines were popular but they never were a craze like Sridevi is. Her fan following matches that of a hero and she can overshadow any hero as she did in Mr India. Her contribution to the success of Chandni is 90 per cent. (Filmfare, Aug, 1990)
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Balkrishna Shroff
(Distributor)
Bharat Godambe
(Make-up Artiste)
She may be going through a bad phase but her market position is still strong. If she has had a row of flops, it's because she chose some wrong films and was paired against wrong heroes like Salman Khan in Chandramukhi.
If you ask me, Sridevi, Madhuri Dixit and Juhi Chawla are in the same slot today. If some people are saying that there have been too many films of Sridevi, then that's true of the other two actresses aswell. There is little doubt that Sridevi is a marvelous actress; if she gets the right director, story and of course, a hero who doesn't look awkward with her, then she will certainly outclass the competition. (Filmfare, April, 1994) |
Bharat Shah
(Distributor)
Sridevi, irrespective of the banner, drew in the crowds-a film like Gair Kanooni, opposite Govinda, had the crowds whistling to her performance and gyrations. What is creditable is that when Sridevi came into her own, Bollywood had completely reduced heroines to dancing and titillating props. Yet, she brought the heroine wave back with power-packed performance in films like Sadma, Mr India, Chaalbaaz, Chandni and Lamhe. No male star could eclipse her, not even Amitabh Bachchan in Inquilaab and Khuda Gawah. Her star power was the kind one saw only during the Meena Kumari, Hema Malini and Vyjanthimala phase, where the heroine not only played the protagonist but also drew in the crowds. Sridevi rewrote the market price for heroines in Bollywood and became the first Hindi film heroine to get Rs 1 crore per film. (The Economic Times, Nov, 2006)
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Bharti Dubey
(Film Critic, Journalist)
Boney Kapoor
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When I saw Sridevi she was the number one actress In India at that time. Honestly she looked quite plain to me. She reminded me of an Italian pop singer. It struck me that this chubby girl would not even get a job as an extra in Hollywood, but never mind, I'm sure many Italian stars wouldn't make it in India either, neither as actresses, nor as extras. (Zee Premier, Dec, 1999).
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Carlos Silvestro
(Photojournalist)
Sridevi is one actor who has inspired me time and again. That’s the reason I have tried to emulate her in No Entry. Her style of acting has always fascinated me. She is someone who could look stunning in Indian as well as Western outfits. In fact, I wouldn’t even mind working in something like ‘Return of the Nagin’. Sridevi is someone who I wouldn’t feel shy to emulate. (DNAIndia.com. Dec, 2007).
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Celina Jaitley
(Actress)
I just love Sridevi. I think if she hadn't married Boney, I would've definitely tried for her. Seriously, I hate Boney and I meant it. Sri is the only strong crush I've ever had. I would spend all my money, whatever I earned on impressing he, I used to wear new clothes everyday when she was shooting with us, in the fervent hope that she would look at me. (Stardust, Aug, 1998).
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Chakravarthy
(Actor)
I have three favorites, Kamal Hassan, Sridevi and of course Amitabh Bachchan, Sridevi because she is so natural and spontaneous. She has no hang ups about camera angles or even about making faces, which goes down so well with the audience. They go into rapture about her and right fully so.
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Deepa Sahi
(Actress)
Dia Mirza
(Actress)
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Dimple Kapadia
(Actress)
Emraan Hashmi
(Actor)
Esha Deol
(Actress)
Ganesh
(Choreographer)
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Geeta Basra
(Actress)
I will tell you about this incident with Sridevi, I went for this show with her about seven - eight years back when her Nagina had just released. At the show, I took away all the applause. Around one in the night, Srideviji called me and asked: "Govindaji can you come for a rehearsal?" I went across to meet her and the entire family was awake. She asked me, "How do you remember the steps of my dances?" I told her that I was great fan of hers and used to copy her and Jeetubahi on stage. That's how I remembered all her steps. She then learnt the steps from me until three o'clock in the night. At the next day's show, she overshadowed me completely. This kind of dedication, sincerity and honesty to win is required. How can someone like that be anything but No.1?. (Stardust, May, 1999).
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Govinda
(Actor)
Gracy Singh
(Actress)
Gulshan Grover
(Actor)
Sridevi is the only heroine who makes a difference to the price of the film. Something which a Hema or a Rekha never were. For instance a film with Anil Kapoor or Sunny makes more financial sense if it also has Sridevi in it and it allows for a price increase from 3 to 5 Lakhs and ensures a substantial long term return. (Filmfare, Aug, 1990)
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Gulshan Rai
(Distributor, Producer)
Gurinder Chadha
(Director)
Harmesh Malhotra
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Helen
(Actress)
Isha Koppikar
(Actress)
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Jackie Shroff
(Actor)
Javed Jaffrey
(Actor, VJ)
Jaya Bachchan
(Actress)
Jaya Prada
(Actress)
Jeetendra
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Juhi Chawla
(Actress)
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Kajol
(Actress)
Kalpana Iyer
(Actress)
Kamna Jethmalani
(Actress)
Kareena Kapoor
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Karisma Kapoor
(Actress)
Katrina Kaif
(Actress)
Sridevi is an all rounder, she is unarguably the best No.1 actress we've ever known. Hema Malini & Rekha just didn't have the same snap and crackle, the electricity. Mumtaz was pretty, perky, yes but Sridevi's zoomed league ahead. Sridevi can dance, act , she has charisma, oomph, energy. No actress can combine all these elements. Not surprisingly she doesn't have a competitor of equal merit. Put them on the screen with her and they'll look like her hand maidens. (Filmfare, Aug, 1990)
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Khalid Mohamed
(Film Critic, Director)
Kiran Kumar
(Actor)
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Lara Dutta
(Actress)
Lara Khambatta
(Writer)
Lata Mangeshkar
(Playback Singer)
M. F. Hussain
(Painter, Director)
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Madhuri Dixit
(Actress)
Maheep Kapoor
(Designer)
Mahek Chahal
(Actress)
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Mahesh Thakur
(Actor)
Mahima Chaudhary
(Actress)
Manish Malhotra
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Manisha Koirala
(Actress)
Meenakshi Sheshadri
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I am no competition for Sridevi. It isn't fair to draw comparisons unless you are in the same niche. To draw parallels between Sridevi and me is like comparing Catherine Hepburn with Marilyn Monroe... Not that this is a perfect example. The trouble with our films is that the heroine is expected to do more or less the same thing in every film. I'm consciously trying to get out of this slot and I detest it when people have preconceived notions about me. Though Sridevi is very versatile and talented, producers select her for a particular type of role only. I feel that Sridevi and I belong to different molds. My physique is not traditional... nor is my face. I often feel I look like a Russian, whereas I cannot imagine Sridevi looking like a foreigner. Even in the most Western outfits she looks very traditional... very South Indian to be specific.
What Sridevi has and I lack is the initial springboard - a starting school. Don't forget that Sridevi has been acting since the age of five, whereas I have only a few years experience behind me. So that way she is a veteran and I take it as a compliment to be put on the same pedestal as her. Though we are starring in a film together, we have no combination scenes. But we did a dance together in Joshilay and I was surprised at the reactions of the people on the sets - it was like having Rajesh Khanna and Amitabh Bachchan in a climax scene! Actually, that was the first time I became conscious of my status as a star. I felt that if everyone around us was getting jumpy, we must be important. I discovered that despite her professional image, Sridevi is very human. I find it easier to relate to Sridevi when she is in her make-up room, rather than when she is on the sets. She is more edgy on the sets. Off the sets, she can be quite funny. In fact, she is almost like a child when she bursts into peals of laughter and giggles. She even jokes with Shekhar Kapur, baits him and calls him 'Chandrashekharaa'! (Screen, May, 1987) |
Mukesh Gupta
(Chairman Of IB&W)
The Sridevi I'm directing now in Khuda Gawah is a self assured person, consious of every move that she makes in front of the camera. she's watching Amitabh step by step. Its fascinating the way the two keep watching each other perform. I think it's a tribute to Sridevi that Amitabh should sit and watch her work! for me it's an unique experience. I don't think there's been anyone quite like her in our films. she can do just about anything. and brilliantly. (Filmfare, Aug, 1990)
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Mukul Anand
(Director)
If Aishwarya Rai charges 2 crore for a film with say, Shah Rukh Khan, in all likelihood, he will earn five to six times more than her. Dream Girl Hema Malini and Sridevi were the only two actresses who were able break this stereotype. Hema Malini charged a sum of Rs 14 lakh in her prime, at a time when the top billed superstar Rajesh Khanna was charging a similar fees. Sridevi on the other hand charged a whopping Rs 40 lakh when Amitabh Bachchan, Sanjay Dutt, Sunny Deol and other top billed actors of that time were charging Rs 30 to 40 lakh. (ScreenIndia.com, Nov, 2007)
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N. P. Yadav
(Senior Trade Analyst)
Nagarjuna
(Actor)
Nana Patekar
(Actor)
Neeta Lulla
(Designer)
Padma Lakshmi
(Model)
Pankaj Prashar
(Director)
Prasan Kapoor
(Producer)
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Preeti Jhangiani
(Actress)
Preity Zinta
(Actress)
I am a great fan of Sridevi and I always wanted to do the role she played in Sadma. I saw it as a stroke of luck when I got to play a mentally challenged girl in the Malayalam film. And I would be lying If I said I did not copy Sri. Yes, she was my inspiration, but I can never compare myself to her. Sri is Sri. Also, I got the opportunity to play a snake woman in Devi, which Sridevi had already done years back in Nagina. If someone complimented me by saying that I copy her, I would consider it an award. (The Times of India, Jan, 2001)
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Prema
(Actress)
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Priya Anand
(Actress)
Priya Gill
(Actress)
Priyanka Chopra
(Actress)
Rahul Bose
(Actor)
Rahul Khanna
(Actor)
Sridevi is "the only one" as is clear from what her directors say. All other heroines are way behind in everything. As was once said of Amitabh Bahchan that with him in a film you don't need anyone else - it is now being said of Sridevi. This would mean producers rushing to her with "Sridevi only" scripts leaving her very little to choose from. (Showtime, Jan, 1990)
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Rahul Laud
(Film Critic)
Raj Sippy
(Producer)
Rajshri Thakur
(Actress)
Rakhi Sawant
(Actress)
During my days as an engineering college student, I used to be a big fan of Sridevi's. I used to watch all her films on the first day, first show and had stuck her posters all over the walls of my room. And I had friends who were even more obsessed than I was. There was a guy who I remember used to actually talk to her posters. In those days we used to even have heated arguments about the kind of person that Sridevi really was. we would hate to read gossip columns because we had formed a picture - perfect image of her's in our minds and didn't like to read anything that went contrary to it. Mast is about the whole star-fan syndrome, inspired by my youthful obsession with Sridevi. (Zee Premier, Oct, 1999).
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Ram Gopal Varma
(Director)
Randhir Kapoor
(Actor, Producer)
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Rani Mukherjee
(Actress)
Raveena Tandon
(Actress)
Ravi Kishan
(Actor)
Rekha
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Rocky
(Designer)
Saawan Kumar
(Director, Producer)
Sajid Khan
(Director)
Salman Khan
(Actor)
Sammir Dattani
(Actor)
Sangeeta Ghosh
(Actress)
Sanjana
(Actress)
Sanjay Kapoor
(Actor)
Sanjay Leela Bhasali
(Director)
Saroj Khan
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Satish Kaushik
(Director, Actor)
Satish Menon
(President of SaharaOne Television)
Sattee Shourie
(Producer)
Shah Rukh Khan
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Shatrughan Sinha
(Actor)
Shekhar Kapur
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Shilpa Shetty
(Actress)
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Sonam Kapoor
(Actress)
Sonu Sood
(Actor)
Subhash K Jha
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Sunil Shetty
(Actor)
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Sushmita Sen
(Actress)
Tabu
(Actress)
Tanisha Mukherjee
(Actress)
When I was growing up there was a phase when Rekha did most of the movies with my dad. You know, the typical family dramas. She was the wife, and my father, the husband. I used to be quite happy to watch her with my dad in all his films, like quite the done thing, like a daily thaali. Then when I saw Himmatwala, with dad and Sridevi, I was like, 'Who is she? We don't want her to be playing my dad's wife, she's so... eeeee!' I was a die-hard Rekha loyalist; in fact, it was my sister who was a big Sridevi fan. From day one, she was like, 'Sridevi is my kind of idol.'
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Tusshar Kapoor
(Actor)
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Urmila Matondkar
(Actress)
Venkatesh
(Actor)
Vidya Balan
(Actress)
Waheeda Rehman
(Actress)
Yash Chopra
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