Ekta slams trolls for portraying surgery as reason for Sri's death

I didn't work with Sridevi until 1984, when we first starred in Nagina. Initially, I thought she was a very shy person and arrogant, as she didn't talk much. Later, I realised it was not arrogance but just that she was not comfortable speaking in English or Hindi, because they were not her main languages.

One of my very first conversations happened with her during a rather awkward moment. We were shooting and the camera's film magazine ran out. While the crew was changing the magazine, the bright lights were still on for about three minutes and we stood in that position with the whole unit around us. I told her, "Sridevi, you danced very well. She smiled and said, "thank you. She then added that she saw Khel Khel Mein four times. That was very sweet of her. Those were the first words I heard from her during the making of Nagina.

Thereafter, the kind of confidence and star status she earned, she became a superhero. She was a complete actor, a fabulous dancer and a person who could just switch faces. She could be quiet and be in her own mood, and then suddenly do a great comic scenes or tragic one. She had that rare ability in her.

The rumours of a link-up with Sridevi were so strong that even Jeetendra's children were teased about it. Ekta Kapoor told a magazine editor that once someone in her school had told her nastily, 'So your father's having an affair with Sridevi!' The spitfire Ekta responded by saying, 'Yeah, my father is! But your father can only dream about it.'