Sridevi

Sridevi Kapoor
Sridevi at Lata Mangeshkar's music label launch, 2013
Born	Shree Amma Yanger Ayyapan[1] 13 August 1963 (age 53) Sivakasi, Tamil Nadu, India
Occupation	Actress, producer
Years active	1967–1997, 2012–present
Spouse(s)	Boney Kapoor (m. 1996)
Children	Arjun Kapoor(Step-son) Anshula Kapoor(Step-daughter) Jahnavi Kapoor Khushi Kapoor
Relatives	See Kapoor family
Awards	Padma Shri (2013)[2]

Sridevi Kapoor (born Shree Amma Yanger Ayyapan;^[1][3] 13 August 1963^[4]) is an Indian film actress who has worked in Tamil, Hindi, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada films.^[5] She has been called the first female superstar of Hindi cinema.^{[6][7][8][9][10]}

Sridevi started her career as a child artist in M.A. Thirumugham’s devotional Thunaivan at the age of four,^[11] 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). She appeared in a string of commercially successful movies like Mawaali (1983), Tohfa (1984), Naya Kadam (1984), Masterji (1985), Maqsad (1985),Nazrana (1987), 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 and Tamil cinema to make a highly successful comeback.^[12] In 2013, the Government of India awarded her Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian honor.^[13] 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 fiveFilmfare Awards.

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• 1Career
  • 1.11967–1975: Early years as child artist
  • 1.21976–1982
  • 1.31983–1997
  • 1.41998–2011: Post-marriage and television debut
  • 1.52012: Comeback with English Vinglish
• 2Image and artistry
• 3Fashion icon
• 4Family and personal life
• 5Awards and honors
• 6Filmography
• 7References
• 8External links

Career[edit]

1967–1975: Early years as child artist[edit]

Sridevi started her career as a child actor at the age of four in Tamil movie Thunaivan playing the role of young Lord Muruga and acted in many Tamil and Telugu movies from then on. Baby Sridevi’s performance in Poompatta (1971) in Malayalam won her the Kerala State Film Award for Best Child Artist. Kandan Karunai (1967); Nam Naadu (1969); Prarthanai (1970) Babu (1971); Vasantha Maaligai (1972) are the most notable films of her career as a child artist. In 1975, Sridevi debuted in Bollywood with Julie, where she played younger sister to the protagonistLakshmi.