Sridevi Kapoor (born on 13 August 1963, known mononymously as Sridevi),is an Indian film actress who has worked in Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, Malayalam and a few Kannada films.She is cited as the First Female Superstar of Hindi Cinema, one of the longest reigning successful leading ladies and one of the greatest and most influential actresses of Bollywood. According to Indian Box Office Network, Sridevi ranks among the Top 5 actresses of Hindi Cinema with the biggest box-office draw.
She started her career as a child artist in M.A. Thirumugham’s devotional Thunaivan at a tender 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 in Moondru Mudichu (1976). Sridevi quickly established herself as the leading actress in the South Indian industry with roles such as 16 Vayathinile (1977), Sigappu Rojakkal (1978), Varumayin Niram Sivappu (1980), Meendum Kokila (1981) and Moondram Pirai (1982). However, her national success came in Bollywood with highly acclaimed roles in films including Sadma (1983), Nagina (1986), Mr. India (1987), Chandni (1989), ChaalBaaz (1989), Lamhe (1991), Khuda Gawah (1992), Gumrah (1993) and 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.After the release of this film, the international press also dubbed Sridevi as the 'Meryl Streep of India'.During her career, she has won four Filmfare Best Actress Awards, two for Hindi films and one each for Tamil and Telugu films.
In 2013, Sridevi was awarded the Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian honour by the Government of India.She has also been voted 'India's Greatest Actress of All Time' by a CNN-IBN national poll conducted in 2013, winning by a landslide 39% votes.
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