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Sri has always been known as a versatile actress and a terrific dancer with her filmography having films and roles with a range of emotions. However, she was also one of those rare actors who aced comedy and brought them in mainstream films; otherwise actors who usually did comedy were slotted as 'comic actors' but Sri was probably one of the few heroines of her time who played the protagonist yet brought in a hint of comedy in whatever films she did.
I don't think we are ever going to get another actress who can match upto her comic timing. Juhi Chawla comes close from the next generation but Sri is Sri! ❤️
I was going through some of her funny scenes on YT and couldn't help sharing them here. I guess one of the best qualities in Sri's acting was that she made comedy effortless with those small little gestures here and there that made her comedy look very natural and enjoyable...
Like here in one of her most famous act till date..the Charlie Chaplin sequence from Mr. India- If I am not wrong she has been the only actress to have immitated Chaplin on Indian screen,right?
[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfbhjCXRLXE[/YOUTUBE]
Like at 2.30 when she takes the dart and satisfactorily cleans her ear and rubs the wax on her sleeves
at 3.26 when she irritatingly aims for that goon for a second before throwing the dart on the dart board
at 5.33 when she is ready to fight with the kid and thinks it's going to be easy and then the kid whacks her and she shakes in hand in pain
at 6:19 when she doesn't believe what she is seeing and gets scared for a second when the goon points his fingers at her and then she boxes him and is proud of her achievment.
😆
Then her South Indian drama from Roop Ki Rani Choron Ka Raja, where she creates a scene as a 'madrasi abla nari' to steal the necklace from Anil Kapoor
[YOUTUBE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WpDO-4KEqM&t=176s[/YOUTUBE]
And here, at 0.53 when she starts her rant in Tamil and ends it with Aiyoo Machaa..
at 2.03 where she starts the drama like a possessed woman and shakes her hip and sings kothe mein jaakar naach dekhta, gaana sunta
at 4.04, when she comes with her comebacks on being asked to being forcefully kissed by the crowd with 'kahaan thookun ji?tumharein mooh par?'
😆
This scene from gair Kanooni where she steals Kader Khan's watch
[YOUTUBE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2fx_d0OlIk[/YOUTUBE]
At 2.06, where she tries to scratch her head but scratches Govinda's instead. 😆
The hospital chase sequence from Gurudev where she tries to take Rishi Kapoor out of the hospital full on tapori style!
[YOUTUBE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPAS86FoRTk[/YOUTUBE]
At 1.49 where she shakes her hip and says 'Are ja ja, jaake apne stool pe baithko re'
At 2.08- Emergency! hu hu hu, hhey hey hey, ho ho ho...
At 2.18 where she tries to hide the matchstick so that no one recognizes her but gulps it down by mistake😆
At 6.05 when she opens the door with a forceful push from her bum and then at 6.20 when she again tries doing the same but the doctor opens the door and she is surprised.
At 7.53 when tries to flip open the bottle of the hair oil only to realise she has to actually uncap the bottle.
At 8.02 when she throws the oil like a ballerina all over the place so that the guys aren't able to catch her and she herself almost slips before escaping.
And at the end where she turns into the bandaged patient and sassily tells that interfering aunty in the train 'arey tu jaa naa'. 😆
Then this song from Gair Kanooni where she is dressed up as Goddess Lakshmi to cheat worshippers..
[YOUTUBE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tFn8U5y9QU[/YOUTUBE]
At 0.31, where her shoulders are paining and she is not able to sit still lke a statue
At 0.56, her exchanges with the police officer wrt the money being offered
At 1.31, where she turns her body a little to srcatch her leg while trying to stay still so that she doesn't get caught.
And at 1.22,where she finally stretches her legs and leaves with the money and the jewellery.
Then the Mr. India parody song..
[YOUTUBE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3rRrDT9HN4[/YOUTUBE]
At 3.40, where she responds to the kids making faces.
At 6.42 where she again acts possessed for having lost to the kids and Mr India and can't control her anger any longer and then the ending shot of the song. 😆
Even her last on stage performance at the IIFA Awards..around 1.35 minutes..when she tries getting into her costume and can't and then scolds the background dancers..so bloody natural!
[URL]http://www.republicworld.com/entertainment-news/bollywood-news/watch-sridevis-unforgettable-2013-iifa-awards-performance[URL]
And this is just a few of the god knows how many scenes and movies where she has effortlessly brought in comedy in a mainstream narrative successfully!
I hope we do get someone like her in the future who entertains us with her comic timing in mainstream cinema as much as with serous roles but I'm pretty sure, we won't get another actress like Sri! ❤️
SRIDEVI-The queen of eyerolls, the queen of comedy!
😃
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