Sridevi (Tamil: ஸ்ரீதேவி) (born on 13 August 1963)[1] is an Indian actress who has starred in hundreds of Tamil, Hindi, Telugu and Malayalam language films.
Starting to act at the age of four, she made her debut as an adult in the late 1970s. After going on to establish herself as one of the leading actresses of her time,[2][3] she left the industry in 1997 to raise her children.
Sridevi was born in Meenampatti village near Sivakasi, Tamil Nadu, in the Virudhu Nagar district. Her mother tongue is Tamil.[4] Her father, Ayyapan, was a lawyer, and her mother, Rajeswari, a housewife (her father died while she was filming Lamhe and her mother while she was making Judaai). Sridevi has a sister, Srilatham, as well as two half-brothers, Satish and Anand, from her father's previous marriage. Her cousins Maheswari and Karthik have also appeared in films.
Sridevi married film producer Boney Kapoor on June 2, 1996. The couple have two daughters, Jhanvi and Khushi.
Sridevi started her career as a child actor in the 1967 Tamil movie Kandhan Karunai playing the role of young Lord Muruga[5] and acted in many Tamil and Telugu movies from then on. During her early teens, she acted in a number of Tamil, Telugu, Hindi and Malayalam movies as a lead actress. Many of the Malayalam movies in which she played were directed by I. V. Sasi.
Starting to act at the age of four, she made her debut as an adult in the late 1970s. After going on to establish herself as one of the leading actresses of her time,[2][3] she left the industry in 1997 to raise her children.
Sridevi was born in Meenampatti village near Sivakasi, Tamil Nadu, in the Virudhu Nagar district. Her mother tongue is Tamil.[4] Her father, Ayyapan, was a lawyer, and her mother, Rajeswari, a housewife (her father died while she was filming Lamhe and her mother while she was making Judaai). Sridevi has a sister, Srilatham, as well as two half-brothers, Satish and Anand, from her father's previous marriage. Her cousins Maheswari and Karthik have also appeared in films.
Sridevi married film producer Boney Kapoor on June 2, 1996. The couple have two daughters, Jhanvi and Khushi.
Sridevi started her career as a child actor in the 1967 Tamil movie Kandhan Karunai playing the role of young Lord Muruga[5] and acted in many Tamil and Telugu movies from then on. During her early teens, she acted in a number of Tamil, Telugu, Hindi and Malayalam movies as a lead actress. Many of the Malayalam movies in which she played were directed by I. V. Sasi.