← Back
Sridevi

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Birthdate

1963-08-13

Day of Death

2018-02-24

Place of Birth

Sivakasi, Tamil Nadu, India

Sridevi

Biography

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.

Filmography (219)

⭐ 5.2 Role: Self

Zero

2018
⭐ 5.4 Role: (archive footage)

Golmaal Again

2017
⭐ 7.5 Role: Devki Sabarwal

Mom

2017
⭐ 4.1 Role: Yavanaraani

Puli

2015
⭐ 6.3 Role: Self, special appearance in "Apna Bombay Talkies" (uncredited)

Bombay Talkies

2013
⭐ 7.2 Role: Shashi Godbole

English Vinglish

2012
⭐ 4.8 Role: Herself (uncredited)

Halla Bol

2008
⭐ 5.0 Role: Durga

Meri Biwi Ka Jawab Nahin

2004
⭐ 9.0 Role: Sapna Mathur

Kaun Sachcha Kaun Jhootha

1997
⭐ 5.6 Role: Kaajal Verma

Judaai

1997
⭐ 6.4 Role: Asha / Anita

Mr. Bechara

1996
⭐ 4.5 Role: Geeta Singh

Army

1996
⭐ 8.0 Role: Lakshmi

Devaraagam

1996
⭐ 5.7 Role: Radha

Chaand Kaa Tukdaa

1994
⭐ 5.8 Role: Rani

S.P. Parasuram

1994