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Sridevi is a Actor, Producer, Playback Singer and Presenter Indian born on 13 august 1963 at Sivakasi (Inde)

Sridevi

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Birth name Shree Amma Yanger Ayyapan
Nationality Inde
Birth 13 august 1963 at Sivakasi (Inde)
Death 24 february 2018 (at 54 years)
Awards Padma Shri, Filmfare Awards, Filmfare Awards South, Nandi Awards

Sridevi Kapoor, known as Sridevi (born Shree Amma Yanger Ayyapan on 13 August 1963), is an Indian film actress who has worked in Tamil, Hindi, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada films. She is cited as the first female superstar of Hindi Cinema.

She 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), Meendum Kokila (1981), Moondram Pirai (1982), Varumayin Niram Sivappu (1980), Premabhishekam (1981), Aakhari Poratam (1988), Jagadeka Veerudu Atiloka Sundari (1990), and Kshana Kshanam (1991).

In Bollywood, she has marked her debut as a lead actress with Solva Sawan (1978), she gained wide public attention with blockbuster movie Himmatwala (1983). She appeared in a string of commercially successful movies like Mawaali (1983), Tohfa (1984), Masterji (1985), Karma (1986), Mr. India (1987), Waqt Ki Awaz (1988), Chandni (1989). She also received critical acclaim for commercially successful movies like Sadma (1983), Nagina (1986), ChaalBaaz (1989), Lamhe (1991), Khuda Gawah (1992), Gumrah (1993), Laadla (1994), Judaai (1997)

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 Cinema to make a highly successful comeback. In 2013 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. In her career, Sridevi has won five Filmfare Awards.

Biography

Sridevi, de son vrai nom Shree Amma Yanger Ayyapan, est née à Sivakasi dans l'état du Tamil Nadu, le 13 août 1963. Elle grandit dans une famille aisée où on parle aussi bien le tamoul que le telugu. Son père Ayyapan est avocat et sa mère Rajeswari s’occupe de sa sœur Srilatha et d’elle. Elle interrompt rapidement ses études pour se consacrer à sa carrière.




Carrière
Sridevi commence très jeune c’est par un pur hasard qu’elle commence sa carrière à l’âge de quatre ans dans un film tamoul, Kandhan Karunai, dans lequel elle campe le dieu Murugan. Cependant, le métier l’attire et en parallèle de l’école, elle obtient quelques petits rôles d’enfants dans des films telugus et tamouls. Ce n’est qu’en 1976 qu’elle obtient son premier vrai rôle sous la direction de K. Balachander dans le film Moondru Mudichu aux côtés de deux noms qui vont vite devenir célèbres, Kamal Hassan ainsi qu’un certain Rajnikanth. La jeune actrice enchaîne les succès, souvent aux côtés des deux mêmes acteurs Kamal Hassan et elle forment un couple très apprécié dans l’industrie tamoule. Alors qu’elle est l’actrice tamoule numéro 1 à la fin des années 70, Sridevi part à la conquête du cinéma telugu. Elle y joue avec les plus grands héros de l’époque, de N.T. Rama Rao (NTR) à A. Nageswara Rao (ANR) en passant par Krishna, avec qui elle partage l’affiche de très nombreuses fois. Dès 1978, elle tente une incursion à Bollywood avec le film Solva Saawan, remake de son succès tamoul 16 Vayathinile, mais qui se solde par un échec cuisant au box-office. A partir de 1983 enfin, Sridevi parvient à avoir le succès qu’elle mérite dans le nord, grâce à des films comme Himmatwala aux côtés de Jeetendra mais surtout Sadma, remake hindi de Moondram Pirai. Les critiques applaudissent l’interprétation de la femme-enfant par Sridevi et ce rôle lui vaut sa première nomination au Filmfare Award. Tout au long des années 1980, Sridevi apparaît dans d’énormes succès au box-office, la confirmant comme l’une des icônes de cette période, aussi bien appréciée pour ses talents que pour sa beauté, comme en témoigne son surnom de l’époque Thunder Thighs, que l’on pourrait traduire trivialement par « Cuisses du tonnerre »

L’un de ses plus grands succès arrive en 1986 avec Nagina qui la rend célèbre pour sa danse du serpent, restée dans les annales, et permet de prouver aux réalisateurs et aux producteurs qu’elle peut porter un film sur ses seules épaules.

En 1987 sort le blockbuster Mr India, succès phénoménal qui marque les esprits. Elle dévoile dans ce film, encore très apprécié, une nouvelle facette de son talent et se montre douée dans le registre de la comédie.


Inde du Sud
Issue d'un milieu totalement étranger au cinéma, c'est par hasard que Sridevi, à peine âgée de quatre ans, tourne dans Kandan Karunai (A.P. Nagarajan), film mythologique tamoul dans lequel elle interprète le dieu Murugal enfant. L'expérience lui plaît et elle continue à jouer des petits rôles dans des films tamouls, télougous puis malayalams. Elle obtient son premier rôle important en 1976 dans Moondru Mudichu (Kailasam Balachander) aux côtés de deux superstars du cinéma du Sud, Kamal Hassan et Rajnikanth. Par la suite elle retrouve à plusieurs reprises les deux acteurs et tout particulièrement Kamal Hassan avec lequel elle forme l'un des couples de cinéma les plus appréciés, tournant ensemble 23 films parmi lesquels on peut citer 16 Vayathinile (Kailasam Balachander, 1977), Sigappu Rojakkal (Bharathi Raja, 1978) et Moondram Pirai (Balu Mahendra, 1982). Elle enchaîne les succès atteignant la consécration avec Pathinaru Vayathinile (Bharatiraja, 1977), premier film tamoul tourné hors des studios.

Parallèlement, Sridevi mène une carrière très active dans le cinéma télougou où elle tourne fréquemment sous la direction de K. Raghavendra Rao avec des célébrités régionales telles N.T. Rama Rao, A. Nageswara Rao ou Krishna. Elle est également très présente sur les plateaux kéralais où elle travaille souvent avec le réalisateur I.V. Sasi et rencontre le succès avec des films comme Aadhyapaadam, Aalinganam, Kuttavum Sikshaiyum, Aa Nimisham.

À la fin des années 1970 et au début des années 1980, Sridevi est une superstar incontestée et omniprésente dans le cinéma du sud de l'Inde où elle tourne 15 à 20 films par an.



Bollywood
Les deux premiers films hindis tournés par Sridevi s'avèrent décevants : le premier, Julie (1975) ne lui offre qu'un rôle secondaire et le second, Solva Saawan (1978) est un échec commercial. Elle attend donc d'avoir bien installé sa carrière dans le Sud, et que celles d'Hema Malini et de Rekha déclinent, avant d'accepter Himmatwala (K. Raghavendra Rao, 1983). C'est le succès : son apparition en maillot de bain lui vaut le sobriquet de "Thunder Thighs" (« Cuisses voluptueuses »).

La même année sort Sadma (Balu Mahendra, 1983), remake hindi de Moondram Pirai où elle retrouve Kamal Hassan. Elle y interprète le personnage d'une jeune femme qui retombe en enfance à la suite d'un accident et qu'un timide instituteur sauve d'une maison close pour la soigner tendrement. Le film est apprécié par la critique mais boudé par le public. Cela incite Sridevi à poursuivre dans des films plus légers où elle apporte la touche glamour indispensable à toute production de Bollywood, tâche dont elle s'acquitte avec une grande efficacité aux côtés d'acteurs tels qu'Amitabh Bachchan ou Jeetendra avec lequel elle tourne 19 films.

En 1986 sort Nagina (Harmesh Malhotra) dans lequel elle marque les esprits grâce à son étonnante et sensuelle interprétation de La danse du serpent (Main Teri Dushman Dushman tu Mera Main Nagin Tu Sapera). L'année suivante elle remporte un fabuleux succès dans Mr India de Shekhar Kapur : face à Anil Kapoor elle sait s'y montrer aussi séductrice dans Hawa Hawai que drôle dans son imitation de Charlie Chaplin. Avec ces films, Sridevi devient la reine incontestée de Bollywood, les scénaristes écrivent pour elle et elle est l'actrice la mieux payée du cinéma indien.

L'année 1989 la voit apparaître dans Chandni, une fantaisie de Yash Chopra puis dans Chaalbaaz de Pankaj Parashar dans lequel elle interprète deux sœurs jumelles. Ce double rôle lui permet de recevoir enfin le Filmfare Award de la meilleure actrice, prix qu'elle reçoit de nouveau deux ans plus tard pour sa prestation dans Lamhe de Yash Chopra. Elle y joue les rôles de la femme aimée vainement par Anil Kapoor, puis de sa fille dont il tombe également amoureux à son corps défendant. Comme elle l'avait fait dans Moondram Pirai et Sadma, Sridevi excelle dans l'interprétation d'une femme enfant dans ce film sensible et impeccablement réalisé, considéré comme une des plus grandes réussites de Yash Chopra et que la critique encense. Contrairement à l'habitude, malgré son échec commercial en Inde, il est couronné de cinq prix aux Filmfare Awards 1992.

Malgré quelques succès - Gumrah (1993), Laadla (1994) et Deva Raagam (1996) - les années suivantes sont surtout celles des échecs ou des demi-réussites, Sridevi se voyant progressivement éclipsée par Madhuri Dixit. Elle tourne Judaai (Raj Kanwar) en 1997 puis, comme il est de tradition pour les actrices indiennes, met un terme à sa carrière après son mariage. Cependant Sridevi reste l'une des plus grandes stars du cinéma indien : ayant tourné dans des films en hindi, en tamoul, en télougou et en malayalam, elle s'est imposée aussi bien au public d'Inde du Nord qu'à celui du Sud, qui restent nettement distincts.

Après 15 ans d'absence, Sridevi fait un retour remarqué sur les écrans en 2012 avec English Vinglish, premier film de Gauri Shinde. Elle y interprète une mère de famille indienne expatriée aux États-Unis qui s'émancipe grâce à la fréquentation d'un cours d'anglais pour adultes.


Mort
Le 24 février 2018, Sridevi se noie accidentellement, dans la baignoire de la suite 2201 de l'hôtel Jumeirah Emirates Towers à Dubaï, aux Émirats arabes unis. Après une courte enquête de police visant à déterminer les causes de sa mort, son corps est rapatrié à Bombay le 27 février 2018 dans le jet privé du groupe Reliance. Il est exposé quelques heures le lendemain pour un hommage public où se pressent anonymes et célébrités du cinéma. Sridevi est incinérée au crématorium Vile Parle Seva Samaj le 28 février 2018 selon un rite hindouiste.


Vie privée
Le 2 juin 1996, Sridevi épouse le producteur Boney Kapoor devenant ainsi la belle-sœur d'Anil Kapoor avec lequel elle a tourné à de nombreuses reprises. Le couple a deux filles, Jhanvi et Khushi, qui portent les prénoms des héroïnes de Judaai (1997) et Hamara Dil Aapke Paas Hai (2000), films produits par leur père.

Usually with

Kamal Haasan
Kamal Haasan
(30 films)
Kader Khan
Kader Khan
(27 films)
Ilaiyaraaja
Ilaiyaraaja
(34 films)
Rajinikanth
Rajinikanth
(26 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Sridevi (193 films)

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Actress

Zero
Zero (2018)

Directed by Aanand L. Rai
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Comedy, Romance
Actors Shahrukh Khan, Anushka Sharma, Katrina Kaif, Tigmanshu Dhulia, Abhay Deol, R. Madhavan
Roles Self
Rating52% 2.6002752.6002752.6002752.6002752.600275
12px Le film raconte les difficultés pour trouver une épouse de Bauua Singh, homme de petite taille, célibataire de 38 ans originaire de Meerut. L'histoire débute quand il rencontre Aafiya, brillante scientifique de la NASA atteinte de paralysie cérébrale. L'histoire se complique lorsque l'actrice préférée de Bauua, la star Babita Kumari, se rapproche de lui. Un triangle amoureux se forme alors.
Puli
Puli (2015)
, 2h34
Directed by Chimbu Deven
Genres Comedy, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Actors Vijay, Prabhu, Sudeep, Sridevi, Shruti Haasan, Hansika Motwani
Roles Yavanaraani
Rating43% 2.1516352.1516352.1516352.1516352.151635
Marudheeran (Vijay) is the adopted son of a tribal village chief Vembunathan (Prabhu). From a young age, he notices the atrocities regularly committed on the villagers by a group of people from the neighbouring kingdom of Vedhalapuram called the Vedhalams, who have supernatural powers. When he becomes an adult, he starts to protect the villagers from the Vedhalams, because of which he is well respected by the villagers.
Prince Vaali
Themes Superhero films
Actors Shiva Thejus, Salma Hayek, Suniel Shetty, Sridevi
Roles Alien Queen
Rating66% 3.3346153.3346153.3346153.3346153.334615
A technologically advanced race from a far away constellation arrives on ancient Earth to gain supremacy. To maintain control over mother Earth, the twelve mighty tribes - Garuda, Gandharva, Yaksha, Kinnera, Kimpurusha, Naga, Vanara, Vidhyadhara, Valikilya, Deva, Pisacha and Rakshasa - ruling different parts of ancient Earth must unite under the leadership
English Vinglish, 2h9
Directed by Gauri Shinde
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Sridevi, Mehdi Nebbou, Priya Anand, Adil Hussain, Ajith Kumar, Navika Kotia
Roles Shashi Godbole
Rating77% 3.8977853.8977853.8977853.8977853.897785
Shashi Godbole (Sridevi) is a housewife who makes and sells laddoos as a home-run business. Her husband Satish, (Adil Hussain) and daughter, Sapna (Navika Kotia) take her for granted, mock her poor English skills and generally treat her with disrespect, making Shashi feel negative and insecure. However, her young son, Sagar (Shivansh Kotia) loves her as she is, and her mother-in-law (Sulabha Deshpande) offers her words of sympathy.
Halla Bol
Halla Bol (2008)
, 2h30
Directed by Rajkumar Santoshi
Genres Drama
Themes Films about television
Actors Ajay Devgn, Vidya Balan, Pankaj Kapur, Darshan Jariwala, Sanjay Mishra, Anupam Shyam Saikia
Roles Herself (uncredited)
Rating59% 2.9982552.9982552.9982552.9982552.998255
Ashfaque (Ajay Devgn) is a small town boy aspiring to be a film star in the Hindi film industry. He joins a street theatre group run by a reformed dacoit Sidhu (Pankaj Kapoor), who uses street theatre as a medium to bring about an awakening in the masses. Ashfaque struggles to give a creative vent to the actor in him in order to realise his dreams. Ashfaque's determined struggle pays off and he gets a break in films. He gets a new screen name – Sameer Khan. With the passage of time, he moves up the success ladder in a very short time.
Devathayai Kanden
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Dhanush, Sridevi Vijaykumar, Kunal Singh, Karunas Sethu, Sathyan, Mayilsamy
Rating45% 2.2880652.2880652.2880652.2880652.288065
In this movie, Dhanush plays a struggling youngster who makes a living out of selling milk tea, carrying the business on his bicycle. He falls in love with a college girl played by Sridevi Vijaykumar. Gradually, the girl also reciprocates the boy's feelings and things go smoothly for a while.
Meri Biwi Ka Jawab Nahin, 2h30
Genres Comedy, Action, Romance
Actors Akshay Kumar, Sridevi, Gulshan Grover, Anupam Kher, Johnny Lever, Laxmikant Berde
Roles Durga
Rating35% 1.7683851.7683851.7683851.7683851.768385
This is a story of a beautiful village girl called Durga (Sridevi) married with her childhood sweetheart Ajay (Akshay Kumar). Ajay is a policeman who worked in the city and bring his wife to live with him.
Judaai
Judaai (1997)
, 2h
Directed by Raj Kanwar
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Anil Kapoor, Sridevi, Dinesh Hingoo, Urmila Matondkar, Paresh Rawal, Saeed Jaffrey
Roles Kaajal Verma
Rating60% 3.048383.048383.048383.048383.04838
When Kajal (Sridevi) marries Raaj (Anil Kapoor), an Engineer by profession, she and her dad (Kader Khan), automatically assume that he is rich, wealthy, and corrupt. Kader khan is very happy that his daughter does not have any in-laws, and that she'll get to rule the roost in her new house. But that is not the case. Raaj does not have an air-conditioner, a car, not even a refrigerator. This infuriates Kajal, and in her mind she creates a separate world, where she is rich, wealthy, has several cars, and lives lavishly in a big bungalow. Even the birth of two children (a young son and a little daughter), and several years of marriage, does not change Kajal. An example of this occurs when Kajal meets her old friend Nisha (Poonam Dhillon) who Kajal feeds a pack of lies such that her husband is a business magnate, her family own several cars, live in a big bungalow etc. Nisha who is more wealthy than Kajal then offers to give her a lift home, only for Kajal to have to lie about the directions to her home according to the story she has fabricated. Kajal then realises her mistake when the bungalow she points out as her own turns out to be Nisha's. Nisha explains to Kajal that no matter how much and how little you have, your own house is your own home and that fabricating such stories only adds insult to her husband, family and home. When Janhvi (Urmila Matondkar) Raaj's boss's (Saeed Jaffrey) niece comes from overseas, she meets Raj at the airport and assumes he is the driver. AS she behaves rudely with him, he sends her back home alone, not caring about what his boss would say on that. Jahnvi reaches the office well in time and praises Raj's attitude, but when she learns that he's an engineer working for her uncle's construction company, she apologises to him. Shani uncle introduces her with Vikram Khanna, a handsome young guy, who is his business partner. Vikram observes Jahnvi and likes the young, naturally vivacious girl very much. He almost dreams of marrying her. They both become friends. One day, Vikram and Jahnvi go to sight seeing Jahnvi's guest house, at the new property location. Sahni gets worried as the weather is going from bad to worse but both have not returned till evening. At the other side, as Raj leaves the office to go for the farmhouse, Vikram is seeing asking Jahnvi for marriage casually. But Jahnvi says that she didn't find him special to be her choice. She rejects his advances. Vikram tries to get physical with her but Jahnvi slaps him. Angered at the slap, Vikram throws her down on the bed and forcibly tries to get intimate with her. But Raj arrives in the nick of time and saves Jahnvi. Vikram threatens him with loss of his job but he doesn't care. Jahnvi remembers how earlier Raj had rejected the job n apartment offer from a rival company due to Mr. Sahni's help. She starts liking Raj since the moment and falls in love with him. When she learns that he is a married man whose wife she helped in the electronics store for buying a large music player, she is adamant on getting married to Raj by hook or by crook. After meeting the greedy Kajal inside the city Ganesh temple, Janhvi offers two crore rupees in exchange for marriage to Raaj. And Kajal, seeing this as her opportunity to gain wealth and an easy life, accepts her proposal not knowing that she is making a big mistake and this decision will change her life forever.
Army
Army (1996)
, 2h30
Directed by Raam Shetty
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama, Action
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Sridevi, Danny Denzongpa, Shahrukh Khan, Ronit Roy, Ravi Kishan, Mohnish Bahl
Roles Geeta Singh
Rating43% 2.157552.157552.157552.157552.15755
The story follows Arjun (Shahrukh Khan), a dutiful army officer and the brother-in-law of acclaimed Jailer Raghuvir Singh (Kiran Kumar). He is in love with Geeta (Sridevi), and they get married, and turn proud parents. Arjun soon gets involved in the bad books of a notorious gangster named Nagraj (Danny Denzongpa). Arjun starts working undercover in Nagraj's gang, but soon enough, Nagraj is informed about Arjun's real identity, and Arjun is brutally killed. When Geeta finds out she decides to avenge Arjun's death. When Nagraj finds out that Geeta is out for vengeance, he scoffs at her, refusing to believe that a lone defenseless widow can do him any harm. But Nagraj is in for a surprise when he comes face to face with Geeta and a group of young convicted men on the run who are dedicated to bring him down - even if they die trying.
Mr. Bechara, 2h20
Directed by K. Bhagyaraj
Actors Anil Kapoor, Akkineni Nagarjuna, Heera, Sridevi, Mahavir Shah, Shakti Kapoor
Roles Asha / Anita
Rating54% 2.709622.709622.709622.709622.70962
Anand Verma, a widower and father of a child, admits a woman in the hospital who had lost her memory. Since he admitted her in the hospital, the doctor asks him to take care of her until she recovers from amnesia. The doctor names her Asha which is the name of Anand's wife and makes her believe that she is married to Anand and has a child. Due to the circumstances, Anand has to accept the situation and takes her to his house. Asha insists that she does not remember any incident about her life with Anand. To make her believe doctor lies to her that she has a birthmark in the part of the body only known to her husband. He also places a photograph of hers with the wedding photo of Anand. Asha yet resists that she cannot remind anything but believes that Anand is her husband and she is a mother of his child.
Devaraagam
Devaraagam (1996)

Directed by Bharathan
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Arvind Swamy, Sridevi, Nedumudi Venu, K. P. A. C. Lalitha, Kozhikode Narayanan Nair, Zeenath A. P.
Roles Lakshmi
Rating70% 3.5227953.5227953.5227953.5227953.522795
Devaragam is a romantic movie which has a positive ending with a lot of twists.
Chaand Kaa Tukdaa, 2h35
Directed by Saawan Kumar Tak
Genres Comedy, Action, Crime
Actors Salman Khan, Sridevi, Shatrughan Sinha, Anupam Kher, Raza Murad, Mehmood Ali
Roles Radha
Rating38% 1.921781.921781.921781.921781.92178
Shyam lives a wealthy lifestyle in London, England, and is considered one of the ten richest people in the world. His father, S.K. Malhotra, was killed, and his mother identified his killer, but before this person could be apprehended, she, herself passes away, but not before asking Shyam to return to India and get married to a beautiful girl. Shyam does return to India, and once there does meet the girl, Radha, of his dreams, but does not know that Radha is a mere pawn in the hands of a group of people, including his father's killer, who are after his wealth and estate, and will do anything in their power to obtain it.
Laadla
Laadla (1994)

Directed by Raj Kanwar
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Anil Kapoor, Sridevi, Raveena Tandon, Divya Bharti, Farida Jalal, Aruna Irani
Roles Sheetal Jetley
Rating59% 2.950962.950962.950962.950962.95096
Raju (Anil Kapoor) lives with his disabled mom (Farida Jalal). One day Raju on his way to a job interview saves the life of a rich textile mill owner (Anupam Kher) who offers him a job in his factory which is run by his ambitious daughter Sheetal (Sridevi). Sheetal's competitive attitude and open insults result in her making several enemies in the industry. Raju works as a mechanic in the mill and confronts Sheetal several times for the proper treatment of workers. He is also elected as the union leader. Raju meets Kaajal (Raveena Tandon), who also works in the textile mill, and they fall in love.