Even today, fans of late actress Sridevi’s art are found in street nooks. Bollywood’s Miss Hawa Hawaii Kahin Jaane Sri Devi made her acting debut in South Indian cinema. Due to which he did not get a place in the limelight but his acting came to the fore.
Sridevi made her debut in Hindi cinema with Solahva Sawan in 1978. But the film was not successful. After this he was selected for the film Himmatwala in 1983. After which everyone wanted to take her as the female lead in their film. Sridevi is called the first female superstar of Hindi cinema.
Sridevi had made her mark in that period with films like Naagin, Nighain, Chandni, Mr India, Chaalbaaz, Lamhe, Khuda Gawah. He acted in 60 Hindi films in his career. He did the same number of films in Telugu and Tamil.
Sridevi had gained a lot of popularity in her film career itself. People were crazy about him due to his tremendous acting. Please tell that as many fans of Sridevi were in India. Equally crazy were in Pakistan too. But in those days Indian films were banned in Pakistan.
People in Pakistan used to watch Sridevi’s movies secretly. This was because at that time Pakistan’s President General Zia-ul-Haq was ruled, where it was a sin to watch Indian movies. This is confirmed by a report by BBC Hindi.
According to the report, Sridevi had a lot of fans in Pakistan at that time. It was illegal to watch Indian movies in Pakistan at that time, for doing so was punished with 3 months imprisonment. Despite being punished by the government, the boys did not agree. He used to watch movies secretly. In those days we used to get VCRs on rent which used to have 6 movies. Of those films, only three were of Sridevi.
There was a time in Pakistan when Bollywood actress Sridevi’s big films like Nagina, Chandni, Aakhri Rasta, Mr India were released. It is also heard that young boys used to dance to Sridevi’s songs and protest the ban on her films.
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