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On Sridevi’s Birth Anniversary, Two Of Her Directors Try To Unravel The Mystery That She Was

BY Vandhana On

Bharathiraja, who directed Sridevi in 16 Vayathinile, says that the actor came into the industry at a time when roles for women were written in a better fashion.Nobody knows the real Sridevi.  Not her directors or co-stars, or the crew with whom she spent the better part of her days.You never know, though, he adds after a pause, “Because what made Sridevi such a great actor was her ability to look at things objectively.

IIFA Faces Plagiarism Allegations Over Sridevi Tribute Video

BY Vandhana On

A tribute video to late actor Sridevi that was premiered at the recently held IFFA Awards was allegedly plagiarised. Saba Arif, a content creator and editor at an online retail store, claimed that she made the video and posted it on her YouTube account on March 2018 this year. The  video that was shown at the ceremony retained a majority of her work, she alleged. She also said that it was tweaked slightly with a voiceover and different images being added to it. She has not been credited for her effort and said that this could have been a big platform for her.

From Sridevi To Savitri, What’s An Ideal Work Environment For Child Artistes?

BY Rajeshwari Manikandan On

There are laws to protect the interests of these child artistes so that their education is not hampered and that they are protected from any kind of abuse or harassment and adult content on the film sets.  In fact, many films are made memorable because of the powerful performances of the child actors – Darsheel Safary in Taare Zameen Par, Shweta Basu Prasad in Iqbal, Partho Gupte in Stanley Ka Dabba – there are so many examples.

When Aamir Khan Felt Sridevi Was “Too Old” To Work With After The Release Of Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak

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Given the film’s anniversary, it’s mere happenstance that Silverscreen chanced upon an old interview of Aamir Khan from Filmfare magazine dating back to May 1989, where he talks about his newfound success, tall actresses and why he refused to do a film with late actress Sridevi, who was at the prime of her career at the time.  This is what he had to say about his women co-stars and how apprehensive he was about working with tall actresses.

65th National Film Awards: Big Win For Newton, Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum; Sridevi & Vinod Khanna Honoured

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The winners of the 65th National Film Awards were announced today by the jury headed by director Shekhar Kapur and a panel comprising screenwriter Imtiaz Hussain, lyricist Mehboob, South Indian actress Gautami Tadimalla, Kannada director P Sheshadri, Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury, Ranjit Das, Rajesh Mapuskar, Tripurari Sharma and Rumi Jaffrey.