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Multilingual Star
Sridevi has starred in hundreds of Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam language films.
Starting acting at the age of four, she made her debut as an adult in the late 1970s. After going on to establish herself as one of the leading actresses of her time, she left the industry in 1997 to raise her children. -
South Indian Films
Sridevi started her career as a child artist in the Tamil movie Kandhan Karunai playing the role of Lord Muruga (1967) and acted in many Tamil and Telugu movies.
During her early teens, she acted in a number of Telugu (, i.e. padaharella vayasu, vetagadu) , Hindi, Tamil and Malayalam(ie Aadhyapaadam, Aalinganam, Kuttavum Sikshaiyum, Aa Nimisham.) -
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Rajnikanth, Kamal Hassan
Sridevi then followed with a succession of films with both Haasan and Rajnikanth. With the former, she was in movies such as Guru, Sankarlal, Sigappu Rojakkal, Thaayillamal Naanillai, Meendum Kokila, Vaazhve Maayam, Varumaiyin Niram Sigappu, Neela Malargal, Moondram Pirai, 16 Vayathinile. With Rajnikanth, she appeared in movies such as Dharmayuddham, Priya, Pokkiri Raja, Thanikattu Raja, 'Adutha Varisu, Nan Adimai Illai.
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Award Winner
She is a four time Filmfare award winner. 1982 - Filmfare Best Actress Award (Tamil) for Meendum Kokila, 1990 - Filmfare Best Actress Award for Chaalbaaz, 1992 - Filmfare Best Actress Award for Lamhe, 1993 - Filmfare Best Actress Award (Telugu) for Kshana Kshanam.
She also won the 1991 991 - Nandi Award for Best Actress for Kshana Kshanam. In 2008, she was - FICCI 'Living Legend in Entertainment' award. -