Sanyukta Iyer (MUMBAI MIRROR; February 16, 2018)

A Bangalore-based fan club of Sridevi is all set to kick off a five part documentary-drama series on the life of the 53-year-old actress as she completes 50 years at the movies.

The yet-untitled project was green-lit after four co-founders of the club had several meetings with Sridevi’s filmmaker-husband Boney Kapoor and informed them that the hour-long films will be a culmination of archival footage, extensive interviews with Sridevi’s co-stars from Hindi and South films, as well as her family.

“The first film will chronicle Sridevi’s career as a child artist in M A Thirumugham’s Thunaivan at four, and her work as a child actor in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada films. The second and third films will portray her Bollywood debut as a child artist in the 1975 hit Julie and her first adult role at 13 with the Tamil film Moondru Mudichu. As a leading lady, she debuted in Solva Sawan (1978) and gained widespread recognition with Himmatwala (1983), Mr. India (1987), Chandni (1989), Sadma (1983), Nagina (1986), Chaalbaaz (1989), Lamhe (1991), Khuda Gawah (1992), Gumrah (1993), Laadla (1994),” a source said.

The final films will focus on Sri’s 15-year hiatus and comeback with Gauri Shinde’s 2012 hit English Vinglish and the Padma Shri honour.

The films will also feature interviews and magazine covers from the ’80s.