30 Best movies of Sridevi
Sridevi was a legendary Indian film actress who has worked in Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, Malayalam and Kannada films. She is regarded as the First Female Superstar of Bollywood and one of the most popular actresses in Indian cinema's history. She was the recipient of a National Film Award, two Filmfare Awards and three Filmfare Awards South
Sridevi ranked among the highest-paid actors in the 1980s and 1990s and is considered to be one of the most popular actresses of Indian cinema. Sridevi 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.
Sridevi ranked among the highest-paid actors in the 1980s and 1990s and is considered to be one of the most popular actresses of Indian cinema. Sridevi 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.
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- DirectorBalu MahendraStarsKamal HaasanSrideviY.G. MahendranA young woman regresses to childhood after suffering a head injury in a car crash. Lost, she ends up trapped at a brothel before being rescued by a lonely school teacher who falls in love with her.The film received highly positive reviews from critics and was a box office success and had a theatrical run of 329 days. The film won two National Film Awards: Best Actor for Haasan, and Best Cinematography for Mahendra. It also won the Best Director Award for Mahendra at the Filmfare Awards, and five Tamil Nadu State Film Awards, including Best Film (third prize), Best Actor (Haasan) and Best Actress (Sridevi).
Mahendra remade the film in Hindi as Sadma, with Haasan, Sridevi and Smita reprising their roles from the original version. - DirectorBalu MahendraStarsKamal HaasanSrideviGulshan GroverA head injury causes a woman to regresses to childhood. Lost and confused, she is eventually befriended by a school teacher.The film is a remake of the 1982 of Balu Mahendra's own Tamil Film Moondram Pirai, starring Kamal Haasan and Sridevi.
The film was unsuccessful at Box office but achieved cult status and is regarded as an all time classic. - DirectorGauri ShindeStarsSrideviAdil HussainMehdi NebbouA quiet, sweet tempered housewife endures small slights from her well-educated husband and daughter every day because of her inability to speak and understand English.The film marked Sridevi's return to filmmaking after a 15-year hiatus. The film and Sridevi's performance received universal appreciation from critics and audiences alike. The film was declared a hit in India and overseas.
- DirectorShekhar KapurStarsAnil KapoorSrideviAmrish PuriA poor but big-hearted man takes orphans into his home. After discovering his scientist father's invisibility device, he rises to the occasion and fights to save his children and all of India from the clutches of a megalomaniac.The film was the highest-grossing Indian film of 1987, and remains a cult classic in India. The film was known for several of its lines and songs, including Sridevi's Miss Hawa Hawaii performance, and Amrish Puri's quote "Mogambo khush hua" (Mogambo is pleased), which is one of the most famous quotes of Bollywood and became synonymous with Puri.
Sridevi was paid an unprecedented ₹11 lakhs to play the lead female role which was the highest ever paid to a female actor during that period. - DirectorYash ChopraStarsAnil KapoorSrideviAnupam KherYash Chopra's most cherished film with soul stirring music is a story of moments - moments of passion, of ecstasy and of life changing love.Sridevi received widespread acclaim for her performance in the film and won the Filmfare Award for Best Actress. Although a commercial failure in India, it became a success in the UK.
- DirectorRam Gopal VarmaStarsSrideviVenkatesh DaggubatiParesh RawalA high-profile bank robbery in the city wreaks havoc in the life of an unsuspecting regular young woman when she's caught in the line of fire between the villains and the police.The film received critical acclaim which led to four state Nandi Awards and two Filmfare awards, including Best Actress for Sridevi.
- DirectorBharathirajaStarsKamal HaasanSrideviRajinikanthThe movie revolves around the struggle and vulnerability of 16-year old Mayil (Sridevi) when in love.16 Vayathinile attained cult status in Tamil cinema and is considered to be the bellwether of films depicting realistic portrayals of rural life.
The film became the first Tamil film to be shot completely outdoors; Tamil films were primarily filmed in Chennai studios.
The film won numerous awards. Including National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer for S. Janaki; the Filmfare Award for Best Actor (Tamil) for Haasan and Special Commendation Award for Performance for Sridevi; and four State Awards, including Best Director for Bharathiraja and Best Actor for Haasan.
It was remade in Telugu as Padaharella Vayasu (1978), in Hindi as Solva Sawan (1979), and in Malay as Melati Putih (1984). - DirectorPankaj ParasharStarsSrideviSunny DeolRajinikanthTwins separated at infancy are brought up differently. One weak, one strong. One day, they end up at each others house. Their life is not the same anymore.The film is the remake of 1973 Indian movie Seeta Aur Geeta. The film was one of the biggest commercial and critical success of the year. The film is regarded as one of Sridevi's finest performances. She won Filmfare award for best actress.
- DirectorRavi UdyawarStarsSrideviSajal AliAkshaye KhannaAfter her daughter is sexually assaulted at a party, a furious mother sets out to destroy the lives of the four perpetrators who walked away free.Mom marked Sridevi's 300th, and final major role appearance before her death on 24 February 2018.
The film received two awards at the 65th National Film Awards : Best Actress for Sridevi, marking the first posthumous win in the category and Best Background Score for A.R. Rahman. At the 63rd Filmfare Awards, the film received six nominations, including Best Actress and Best Actress (Critics) for Sridevi and Best Supporting Actor for Siddiqui. - DirectorYash ChopraStarsSrideviRishi KapoorVinod KhannaFate leaves Chandni shattered as her love Rohit disappears from her life. She meets Lalit and they befriend each other until Rohit knocks on her door.Chandni was one of the biggest box office hits of 1989. It won the National Film Award for Best Popular Film of 1989. The film also reaffirmed Sridevi's position as the top female star of the 1980s. While she topped the Hindustan Times' list of Yash Chopra's 'Top 5 Heroines', CNN-IBN also ranked her first on a similar list, saying "Yash Chopra immortalised Sridevi as the perfect Chandni". India Today and NDTV also included her in such lists, stating that the film established Sridevi "as the nation's sweetheart''.
- DirectorK. BalachanderStarsKamal HaasanSrideviPrathap PothenPoetical forces play in the life of an unemployed yet well educated young man.He finds the depth and the beauty of his principles yet fate leaves him in destitutionThe film was simultaneously shot in Telugu as Aakali Rajyam (Kingdom of Hunger), released the following year. Film was critical and commercial success.
- DirectorK. Raghavendra RaoStarsChiranjeeviSrideviTanikella BharaniA man finds a ring that gives the bearer great power but the goddess to whom the ring belongs wants it back.
- DirectorG.N. RangarajanStarsKamal HaasanSrideviUnni MarySubramaniam, a lawyer is married to Kokila and has a daughter. Things go well until he meets Kamini, a movie star in a party. He gets attracted towards Kamini and becomes ready to sacrifice his own family for her. Kokila's efforts in bringing back her husband forms the rest of the story.The film was a box-office success. Sridevi's portrayal as a Brahmin woman trying to get back her husband fetched her a Filmfare Award in the Best Actress category; the first of her four Filmfare Awards. The film established Sridevi as one of the top actress in South India.
- DirectorHarmesh MalhotraStarsSrideviRishi KapoorAmrish PuriThe film revolves around Rajni, a shape-shifting cobra who marries a civilian to avenge the death of her spouse at the hands of an evil saint.The film becoming the 2nd Highest-grossing movie of the year. Nagina is considered a cult classic and one of Sridevi's career's finest performances.
- DirectorBharathirajaStarsKamal HaasanSrideviBhagyarajKamal Haasan, the central character, is a man terribly soured by his unvaryingly devastating encounters with the opposite sex. He develops a pathological hatred for women and uses his charm to seduce young women and kill them immediately after having sex with each. These proceedings are recorded watched repeatedly by his adoptive father and mentor, another crazed woman-hater with a similarly disillusioning experience with the female sex, who vicariously enjoys his protege's exploits. The old man stays holed up in a far corner of the house watching his son carry out what he is too infirm to do.
- DirectorBharathanStarsArvind SwamySrideviNedumudi VenuVishnu and Lakshmi fall in love. But Lakshmi's father accepts a wedding proposal against her wish.The film was huge success in the boxoffice, It was the last south Indian film of Sridevi in a lead role. Sridevi's performance was well appriciated by the critics and as well as the audience.
- DirectorMukul AnandStarsAmitabh BachchanSrideviNagarjuna AkkineniBaadshah Khan falls in love with Benazir, a member of a rival clan who has defeated him in a game of buzkashi.
- DirectorK. BalachanderStarsKamal HaasanSrideviRajinikanthThe movie revolves around three people, a college going girl (Sridevi) and two men who fall in love with her (Hassan and Rajinikanth). The film was based on 1974 Telugu film O Seeta Katha directed by K. Viswanath starring Roja Ramani and Chandramohan.
- DirectorSubhash GhaiStarsDilip KumarNutanNaseeruddin ShahThe BSO is a British oriented group who wants to take control of India. When senior police inspector Vishwa Pratap Singh arrests there leader Dr. Michael Dang the authorities blast the jail Dang is logged in killing huge numbers of inmates including two of Vishwa's sons and his daughter-in-law; with Dang escaping in the process. Vishwa who now calls himself Dada Thakur is determine to put an end to Dang and his PSO gang which prompts him to recruit three prisoners who are soon to be hang namely Baiju Thakur, Johnny and former terrorist Khairuddin Kisti. Soon Dada Thakur will come to realize that these prisoners are least interested in his mission as they planned their own agenda.
- DirectorRaj KanwarStarsAnil KapoorSrideviUrmila MatondkarIn order to attain wealth and a luxurious life, a greedy wife sells her husband to a rich woman. However she realizes that with a luxurious life, she has to pay a heavy price for this decision.After an active career of 30 years, Judaai marked Sridevi's final film appearance before she took a sabbatical of 15 years from film acting.
- DirectorMahesh BhattStarsSanjay DuttSrideviAnupam KherRoshni Chadha is the only child of Sharda Chhadha, and has no knowledge of the whereabouts of her absconding dad, Prakash Chhadha. Roshni is introduced to Rahul Malhotra and both are attracted to each other. Rahul finds out that she can sing, assists her in becoming a professional singer, and she becomes famous nationwide. She has a fan named Jaggannath alias Jaggu, a street-wise small-time black-marketeer, but she chooses to ignore him. On a trip to Mauritius with Rahul, Roshni is apprehended by the police and arrested on the charge of possession of drugs. She is imprisoned, and Rahul is nowhere to be found. Then a lawyer and Jaggu come to her assistance, but are unable to do much, as Roshni is found guilty, and in keeping with the laws of that country, her sentence is - death!
- DirectorBhagyarajStarsAmitabh BachchanSrideviJaya PradaAn ex-convict is bent on revenge against the people responsible for his wrongful imprisonment but is pit against his estranged son who is now a police officer.
- DirectorJ. MahendranStarsRajinikanthSrideviUnni MaryA parsimonious Barbar must flee from the Police after meeting with a look-alike gangster.
- DirectorK. Raghavendra RaoStarsSrideviNagarjuna AkkineniAmrish PuriThe story is about CBI officer Pravallika (Sridevi) trying to expose the illegal activities of a notorious criminal Anantananda Swamy (Amrish Puri). Stage artiste Vihari (Akkineni Nagarjuna) helps Pravallika in this mission.
- DirectorI.V. SasiStarsKamal HaasanSrideviY.G. MahendranA rich philanthropist has a secret occupation as a master thief.The film received positive reviews and was a blockbuster, completed a 365-day run at the box office
- DirectorRam Gopal VarmaStarsNagarjuna AkkineniSrideviKota Srinivasa RaoA Tantric believes that by donating a virgin woman's head to gods crown, would bring down the universe to his feet. How the hero and heroine gets entangled in the underworld nexus, while rescuing the robbery, forms the crux of the plot.
- DirectorRaj KanwarStarsAnil KapoorSrideviRaveena TandonThe headstrong owner of a factory, Sheetal, marries Raju, the union leader of the factory, to quell his spirit and teach him a lesson. In the process, she ends up learning a few lessons herself.Laadla is the remake of Rajkumar's blockbuster Kannada movie called Anuraga Aralithu (1986). Laadla was a box office hit dominated by Sridevi's presence who was one of the biggest stars at that time.
- DirectorK. Raghavendra RaoStarsSrideviJeetendraAmjad KhanA poor and wronged woman's son returns from the big city to avenge his father, a honest school teacher.The film is a remake of Telugu film Ooruki Monagadu (1981). The film becoming the highest grossing Indian movie of 1983. It established Sridevi in Bollywood and earned her the famous sobriquet 'Thunder Thighs'.
A remake of the film starring Ajay Devgn and Tamannaah in lead roles and directed by Sajid Khan, released under the same title on 29 March 2013. The movie opened to negative reviews and was declared a flop at the Box office. - DirectorK. Raghavendra RaoStarsSrideviChandramohanMohan BabuAngara satyam is the producer of this movieIt is a remake of the Tamil Super hit 16 Vayathinile (1977) which starred Kamal Hassan & Sridevi.
- DirectorK. Raghavendra RaoStarsRajesh KhannaSrideviAnita RajPercocious village belle, Radha, the daughter of Mukhiya Jamnadas, takes a liking to the widowed school-master, Masterji, the father of a toddler; when he spurns her, she publicly accuses him of having an affair with her and forces him to marry her. She then finds out that he really loves his colleague, Shobha, and becomes embittered towards him. Things get out of hand when he and the villagers start suspecting that she may have been responsible for trying to kill his son.Masterji was a box office success and it received praise from critics.