Many rumors recently have been circulating regarding Sridevi’s comeback. One is in a Tamil movie which is a remake of Rajnikanth- starrer Maapillai (son-in-law) that was a huge hit. In the movie, the hero takes on an arrogant and scheming mother-in-law. The former queen of Bollywood, who went into semi-retirement after her marriage to film producer Boney Kapoor, spurned many offers from Tamil films that kept pouring in. But it is rumored that she is said to be positively inclined to play onscreen mother-in-law to Tamil actor Danush, who is currently a rage among teens. Danush, incidentally, is the son-in-law of superstar Rajnikanth, with whom Sridevi had paired in many blockbusters in the seventies and eighties.
Though the producers of the film were apprehensive that she would reject the role of a mother-in-law, she surprised them by showing interest in doing the film. The film’s director, Suraj, was hesitant to approach her with the offer but said she didn’t turn down the role of a mother-in-law and patiently heard the script. The role was played by Sri Vidya, a contemporary of Sridevi, in the original film that released in 1988. It was in award-winning actor Bharathiraja’s film 16 Vayathinile (at age 16) that Rajnikanth and Sridevi acted together for the first time. Rajnikanth played the villain in the film while Kamal Haasan was the hero. Later, Sridevi went on to star in huge hits as the leading lady of both Rajnikanth and Kamal.
Her last movie with Rajnikanth was Naan Adimai Illai (I’m no Slave) in the late 80s, which was also her last Tamil film. Initially, we had Sridevi and Tabu in our mind for the role. We finally decided to approach Sridevi. In all probability, she will accept the offer. Even this Sunday, I spoke to her about the project,” said Suraj. Danush, who is married to Rajnikanth’s elder daughter, Aishwarya, is aware that Sridevi still continues to mesmerise the Tamil audience and so, is said to be keen to have her in the project. According to industry sources, Danush might use the help of Rajnikanth’s younger daughter, Soundarya, to convince Sridevi. Now if this is true or not we do not know as nothing has been confirmed by Sridevi herself or by her husband Boney.
We have also added a new section to the videos and a very rare interview of Sridevi. The interview given in Asha Parekh’s dance program Baaje Payal on Doordarshan channel. We would like to thank two persons for their contribution here. One is our friend on Youtube Honeygodoo9 for providing us the source of the video. Many thanks Honey. And secondly Mr. Naidu who is the original uploader of the video. Here Sridevi talks about dancing and her experience. Her co-stars are also talking about her and the dance director as well. The interview was held in 1994. Enjoy watching.
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