Sridevi : The South Years
Sridevi remains one of the most compelling figures ever to grace Hindi cinema, commanding the screen for more than four decades across comedy, action, romance, and drama. Her every gesture carried weight. Her every line landed. Yet for all the adoration she received in Bollywood, the foundations of that extraordinary talent are a story far fewer people know. This book sets out to change that. Roychoudhury turns his attention to Sridevi's formative years in the South Indian film industry, where she trained and performed alongside giants of the era, including M.G. Ramachandran, Jayalalithaa, Sivaji Ganesan, Gemini Ganesan, and N.T. Rama Rao. She also shared the screen with future icons such as Rajinikanth, Kamal Haasan, and Chiranjeevi, long before any of them became the legends we now recognise. Beginning with her time as a child artist and tracing her rise to leading lady, the book charts how those southern years quietly shaped everything that followed. Woven throughout are interviews and reflections from filmmakers and journalists who witnessed her career first-hand, lending the narrative an intimacy that pure biography rarely achieves. It's a richly informed portrait of India's first female superstar, told from the angle that history has too often overlooked.
- Author: Amborish Roychoudhury
- Publisher: Rupa Publications India
- Genre: Photography
- ISBN: 978-9357024624
- Pages: 216 pages