Originally posted by: Rekha_ji
I have always said this too. Her acting was nowhere near the level of Sridevi or Madhuri.
Even Juhi was a far better performer, but Divya was ironically offered these films first (Darr, Kartavya, Radha Ka Sangam).
We have to bear in mind, she was just 19 years old and had 2-3 years experience of acting. If we compare the likes of Raveena, Urmila, Manisha, Karisma then they were kind've on par with each other, maybe Divya had a slight edge over them, she certainly had a spark. But Kajol and Tabu were better performers at the same stage in their careers.
She could have improved leaps and bounds... but alas overall I think her acting was nothing to rave about.
If one sees earlier movies of karisma sridevi and Madhuri D they too were young naive and worked hard to get on top as one progresses in life the work experience teaches a lot
Sadly DB did not live to work and reach at that level of other actresses
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