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Sridevi death anniversary: A pictorial tribute to the Chandni of Bollywood
1 / 9Sridevi died on February at the age of 54 a year ago. She ruled Bollywood in the decades of 1980s and 1990s and is credited to be the first female superstar of the Hindi film industry. For her contribution to the arts, she was awarded the Padma Shri by the government of India. Here is a tribute to the "Hawa Hawai" girl in pictures. (Source: Express Archives) (Source: Photo by Express Archives)
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2 / 9Sridevi and Anil Kapoor's onscreen pairing was legendary. The two were seen sharing the screen in hugely successful films Lamhe and Mr. India. (Source: Express Archives) (Source: Photo by Express Archives)
3 / 9Sridevi and Anil were supposed to star in Mr. India's sequel, but with Sridevi's death, the idea has been abandoned. (Source: Express Archives) (Source: Photo by Express Archives)
4 / 9Sridevi with Asha Bhosle. Asha sang for Sridevi in her first Hindi film, Rani Mera Naam. (Source: Express Archives) (Source: Photo by Express Archives)
5 / 9Another famous pair, Sridevi and Kamal Haasan starred alongside each other in both Hindi and Tamil films. (Source: Express Archives) (Source: Photo by Express Archives)
6 / 9Sridevi was called the Chandni of Bollywood due to her charisma and the fact that she starred in a film called Chandni (also its title song) opposite Rishi Kapoor. (Source: Express Archives) (Source: Photo by Express Archives)
7 / 9Sridevi with Madhuri Dixit and Amitabh Bachchan. It was said that there was a rivalry between Sridevi and Madhuri in the last couple of decades of the last century. (Source: Express Archives) (Source: Photo by Express Archives)
8 / 9Sridevi with Yash Johar. (Source: Express Archives) (Source: Photo by Express Archives)
9 / 9Sridevi's husband Boney Kapoor produced a lot of her films. (Source: Express Archives) (Source: Photo by Express Archives)
