Sridevi, who is considered the first female superstar of Hindi cinema, had worked in about 300 films in her career. Along with Hindi cinema, he had also done many films of South cinema. His acting career started from South cinema. The late actress debuted as a lead actress in 1976 with the film ‘Mundru Mudichi’. After this, she made her Bollywood debut in 1979 with ‘Solhwa Sawan’ and within no time she managed to earn a name as one of the best actresses of Bollywood.
Sridevi had worked in more than a dozen films with veteran actors of South cinema from Kamal Haasan to Rajnikanth. In Bollywood, her pairing with her brother-in-law and superstar Anil Kapoor was much liked. But, in Bollywood, she did most of the films not with Anil Kapoor, but with veteran actor Jitendra, who was 21 years older than her.
Got recognition in Bollywood from ‘Himmatwala’
This film of Sridevi, who started her Bollywood career with ‘Sixteenth Sawan’, was a flop. After this he turned back to South cinema. After a long wait of almost four years, Sridevi made a comeback in Bollywood with the film ‘Himmatwala’. His hero in this was Jitendra. This picture of the year 1983 proved to be a huge hit. After this the pair worked together in 15 more films.
Sridevi-Jeetendra
Worked with Jitendra in 16 films
Jeetendra and Sridevi’s chemistry in Himmatwala won the hearts of the audience. The result was that both of them had done a total of 16 films together. Out of these, eight films of both of them proved to be hits at the box office.
Died in 2018
Sridevi had given many films in Bollywood till 1997. After this she remained away from the big screen for 15 years. Then he made a hit comeback in Bollywood with the 2012 film ‘English Vinglish’. However, now this veteran actress is no more in this world. He died in Dubai in February 2018. Sridevi breathed her last at the age of 54.
