Sridevi Kapoor was known for her reticent and introverted personality, but headstrong and outspoken screen persona, regularly playing strong-willed, sophisticated women.
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71 Facts About Sridevi Kapoor
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In 2013, Sridevi Kapoor was honoured with the Padma Shri, the country's fourth highest civilian honour, for her contribution to the Indian culture through performing arts She was 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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Sridevi Kapoor made her Hindi film debut at the age of nine in Rani Mera Naam.
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Sridevi Kapoor established herself in the industry with a string of successful films, including Mawaali, Justice Chaudhury, Tohfa, Naya Kadam, Maqsad, Masterji, Karma, Nazrana, Watan Ke Rakhwale, Mr India, Waqt Ki Awaz and Chandni.
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Sridevi Kapoor received praise for her performances in films, including Sadma, Nagina, ChaalBaaz, Lamhe, Khuda Gawah, Gumrah, Laadla, and Judaai.
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Sridevi Kapoor earned high critical acclaim for her performances in both films, and for the latter was posthumously awarded the National Film Award for Best Actress.
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Sridevi Kapoor was married to film producer Boney Kapoor, with whom she had two children, including actress Janhvi Kapoor.
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Sridevi Kapoor was born at Meenampatti village near Sivakasi of present-day Tamil Nadu, India on 13 August 1963 to Ayyapan and Rajeswari.
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Sridevi Kapoor's father was a lawyer from Sivakasi, Tamil Nadu while her mother was from Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh.
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Sridevi Kapoor started her career as a child actor at the age of four in the Tamil movie Kandhan Karunai in 1967.
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Sridevi Kapoor made her debut in Telugu cinema as a child artist with the 1970 film Maa Nanna Nirdoshi.
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Sridevi Kapoor appeared in the film Julie, where she played the younger sister to the protagonist Lakshmi.
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Sridevi Kapoor acted with Jayalalitha in Thirumangalyam, Kandan Karunai and Adi Parashakti.
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In 1976, Sridevi landed her first leading role in the Tamil film Moondru Mudichu directed by K Balachander.
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Sridevi Kapoor followed it with a number of films with Kamal Haasan and Rajinikanth.
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Sridevi Kapoor starred in the movie's Telugu remake Padaharella Vayasu in 1978.
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Sridevi Kapoor acted alongside Sivaji Ganesan in Sandhippu, Kavari Maan and the Sri Lanka-filmed coproduction Pilot Premnath.
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Sridevi Kapoor debuted as child artist in Kannada with Bhakta Kumbara directed by Hunsur Krishnamurthy.
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Sridevi Kapoor next appeared in the Malayalam releases like Aa Nimisham, Angeekaaram and Satyavan Savithri directed by P G Viswambharan.
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In 1982, Sridevi Kapoor starred in Moondram Pirai playing a woman suffering from retrograde amnesia and went on to win the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actress.
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Sridevi Kapoor was paired with Kamal Haasan in 27 films across languages.
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Sridevi Kapoor acted with Chiranjeevi in Jagadeka Veerudu Athiloka Sundari, S P Parasuram.
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Sridevi Kapoor acted in highest number of Telugu movies with Telugu superstar Krishna.
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Sridevi Kapoor made her debut as a heroine in Hindi films in Solva Sawan in 1979.
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Sridevi Kapoor followed with Tohfa, which was the highest-grossing Hindi film of 1984.
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Pair of Jeetendra-Sridevi Kapoor did 16 films together of which Himmatwala, Jaani Dost, Justice Chaudhry, Mawaali, Akalmand, Tohfa, Balidaan, Aulad, Suhaagan, Ghar Sansar, Dharm Adhikari, Sone Pe Suhaaga were successful and Aag Aur Shola, Himmat Aur Mehanat, Sarfarosh were flops.
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Sridevi Kapoor featured in the Mid-Day's list of 'Challenging Roles played by Bollywood Actors' describing her act in the film as "her best performance ever".
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Sridevi Kapoor acted with Akkineni Nageswara Rao's son Nagarjuna in Aakhari Porattam, Khuda Gawah and Govinda Govinda.
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Sridevi Kapoor has played the female lead to both Dharmendra and his son Sunny Deol.
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Sridevi Kapoor had successful pairing with Rajesh Khanna in films such as Naya Kadam, Maqsad, Masterji and Nazrana.
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Besides Nagina, 1986 saw Sridevi Kapoor giving box-office hits in Subhash Ghai's multi-starrer Karma and Feroz Khan's Janbaaz.
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India, Rediff stated that "Sridevi Kapoor was a complete show-stealer in the film".
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The Hindu reported that "With shades of incest, Lamhe caused more than a flutter and remained the talk of the town", while Sridevi Kapoor herself admitted in an interview with Rajeev Masand that she found the subject "too bold".
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In 1992, Sridevi Kapoor starred in the epic Khuda Gawah opposite Amitabh Bachchan.
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However, Sridevi Kapoor, after evaluating the stature of the role, refused the offer.
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Sridevi Kapoor was the highest-paid actress in India from 1985 to 1993.
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Sridevi Kapoor next starred in the 1993 thriller Gumrah, opposite Sanjay Dutt.
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In 1994, Sridevi teamed up with Anil Kapoor again in Laadla playing business tycoon Sheetal Jaitley.
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Sridevi Kapoor acted in her comeback film in Malayalam in 1996 - Bharathan's Devaraagam, a love story in which she starred opposite Aravind Swamy.
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In 1996, Sridevi married Boney Kapoor of the famed Bollywood Royalty, the Kapoor family.
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Sridevi Kapoor appeared on Jeena Isi Ka Naam Hai and as a judge in the TV show Kaboom.
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Sridevi Kapoor performed a medley of some of her musical numbers at the 52nd Filmfare Awards 2007.
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On 13 May 2012, Sridevi Kapoor appeared on the Star Plus talk-show Satyamev Jayate.
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Sridevi Kapoor was nominated for several awards, including her ninth nomination for Best Actress at Filmfare.
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Sridevi Kapoor was next seen in her home production titled Mom, which marked her 300th film.
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Sridevi Kapoor said that as a mother and an artiste, she empathized with her character's rage, and found it hard to be in a normal state during the filming.
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At the time of her death, Sridevi was not shooting for any upcoming films and her last on-screen appearance was in Aanand L Rai's film Zero in a cameo.
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Sridevi Kapoor had signed the 2019 film Kalank, produced by Karan Johar; however, due to her demise she was replaced by Madhuri Dixit.
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Sridevi Kapoor was always accompanied by her mother Rajeswari or by her sister Srilatha to the film sets during shooting of her films between 1972 and 1994.
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Sridevi Kapoor campaigned for her father when he contested the Sivakasi constituency in 1989 assembly elections, but eventually lost in the elections.
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Sridevi Kapoor's father died in 1990 of heart attack, while she was shooting for Lamhe.
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Sridevi Kapoor's mother died in 1996, as a result of the complications suffered from an operation that she underwent in 1995 on a brain tumor at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York.
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Sridevi Kapoor was extremely discreet about her privacy and rarely gave interviews or discussed her private life in them.
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Sridevi Kapoor decided to spend a couple of days in Dubai to shop for her eldest daughter Janhvi's 21st birthday, after the wedding.
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Sridevi Kapoor went to bathe and to get dressed for dinner, while Boney waited in the living room.
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Sridevi Kapoor was pronounced dead on 24 February 2018 at 19:00 GMT in her hotel room where her husband had found her.
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At first, it was announced by her brother in-law Sanjay Sridevi Kapoor to the Indian media that the cause of death was a cardiac arrest, but the investigation to her death began early Sunday morning around 2:30, and the case was transferred to Dubai Public Prosecution by Dubai Police, where General Department of Forensic Evidence, Dubai revealed that the cause of death was "accidental drowning".
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Sridevi Kapoor was cremated with state honours and received a gun salute at her funeral.
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Sridevi Kapoor was a veteran of the film industry, whose long career included diverse roles and memorable performances.
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Sridevi Kapoor is regarded as one of the greatest female stars of Indian cinema.
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Sridevi Kapoor featured in Box Office India's Top Actresses list from 1983 to 1993.
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An epitaph in Firstpost pointed out that Sridevi Kapoor had been sufficiently important as an actor to be able to refuse parts in movies, and The News Minute called her "a pathbreaker in many ways".
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Sridevi Kapoor has appeared on the cover of several fashion magazines.
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In 2013, Sridevi Kapoor appeared on the cover of Vogue, which was mentioned in Hindustan Times, The Times of India, and India Today.
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Sridevi Kapoor was included in 2018 In Memoriam section during the 90th Academy Awards ceremony.
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The statue is a replica of Sridevi Kapoor's look in the iconic song, "Hawaa Hawaai" from Mr India.
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Sridevi Kapoor won the National Award for Best Actress for the film Mom.
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