Shekhar Kapur recalls how Sridevi shot for Kate Nahin Kat Te from Mr India while battling high fever: ‘You made Saroj Khan swear…’

He said, ‘We promised each other at least one more film, after Mr India , if not more. But you left us. Left us with broken hearts and amazing memories. I remember the days we were filming this iconic song iconic image of ‘I Love you’ .. you hid from me that you were running a high fever… and you were in numbing pain.. That everyone advised you to rest, and certainly not allow yourself to get wet, that you could land up being seriously ill .. I only found out from our Choreographer Saroj Khan after we had finished shooting.”

 

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Adding further, he wrote, “You made her swear she wouldn’t tell me .. I remember the days we shot, take after take, day after day. And you would come up to me after every shot .. ‘It’s ok na ?.. you sure .. pucca? shall we do it again? I can see in your eyes your are not fully satisfied’ And all the time you were burning with fever and in a lot of pain .. That’s what you did throughout Mr India .. you had that instinct of knowing whether I was completely happy with your shot or not .. even with a flick of my eyes.”

Mr India remains one of the most iconic films in Indian cinema history. Released in May 1987, the film also featured Satish Kaushik and Amrish Puri. Sridevi passed away in 2018 in a Dubai hotel bathroom. She was in the United Arab Emirates for the wedding of actor-nephew Mohit Marwah, with her husband Boney Kapoor and family.