Late Bollywood actress Sridevi has had a long career in the entertainment industry and is one of the celebrities that will be celebrated by the coming generations as well.
Today, on her 58th birth anniversary, let’s dig deeper and know 7 Lesser Known Facts About Sridevi.
1- Sridevi started her career at the age of 4
Sridevi started her career at age 4 with the movie Thunaivan. She has done 300 films in her 5-decade long career, with MOM being her 300th movie.
2- Sridevi and her most loved co-stars
Sridevi was loved the most in pairs with Anil Kapoor, Jeetendra, and Kamal Hasaan. The actress has done 13 films with Anil Kapoor, 16 films with Jeetendra, and 27 films with Kamal Haasan, in Tamil, Telegu, Hindi, and Kannada.
3- Sridevi played Rajnikanth’s stepmother at the age of 13
Sridevi and Rajnikanth have done 22 films together and at the age of 13, Sridevi played Rajnikanth’s stepmother, in Moondru Mudichu who at that time was 25 years old.
4- Sridevi did not know how to speak Hindi
Sridevi is a legendary actress in Bollywood but surprisingly, the actress did not know how to speak Hindi. She had to get her dialogues dubbed. Actress Naaz would often dub for Sridevi, and even Rekha dubbed for her in the Aakhiri Raasta. She first started dubbing her dialogues in Chandni.
5- Sridevi rejected several roles in super hit movies
Sridevi has rejected several films in her career that turned out to be superhits. She has rejected movies like Jurrasic Park, Baazigar, Beta, Mohabbatein, Baahubali.
6- Sridevi is also an artist
Along with being a great actress, Sridevi is also a brilliant painter. She had made a painting of Sonam Kapoor as her character from ‘Saawariya‘ which was supposed to be auctioned after Mohit Marwah’s wedding in Dubai.