Flashback: Sridevi's mom brutally abused her for saying No to a film

In an interview with Vir Sanghvi ,Sridevi says about her being a child star, "But my mom made sure I led a normal life at home." I'd like to share this extremely sad story with you. Her mother was an extra from Telugu films living with an already married, briefless lawyer, a Tamilian Iyengar. Her overambitious mother put Sridevi into films at the age of four for money more than fame.

At that time many houses were rented out as 'portions' in Madras. Which basically meant that more than one family was allotted a space in an old crumbling edifice. Sridevi's family stayed in one 'portion' on the ground floor and my uncle and his family in the other.

Sridevi was quite a playful child whenever she was allowed to mingle with the other kids. One day, when Sridevi was about six, it appears that during a shooting, she was supposed to stand in the middle of a ring of fire before she was rescued. The child was petrified of fire and flatly refused to do the scene. The angry producer told the mother that he had no choice but to replace Sridevi with another kid. The mother pleaded for just one day to put things right.

That night, she came home and beat up Sridevi before locking her up without food in the dark bathroom. If there was another thing the child was scared of, it was pitch darkness. All through the night, my uncle and his family could hear Sridevi crying and pleading with her unmoved mother to let her out.

Next morning, the child came out shivering and agreed to do the fire scene. No wonder, while her mother was alive, the only comment Sridevi ever made was, "Ask mummy!"- Lakshmi Narayanan

PS: I searched Sridevi 's filmography & found that Lakshmi was talking about a scene from 1970 Telugu film Maa Naana Nirdhoshi . Sri was 6 at the time of shooting. Watch the video below from exactly 2:33:30 to 2:33:45

https://youtu.be/VNk0jz3D8YM

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=918439024978821&id=100004381964181&sfnsn=scwsppwa&funlid=8F6Pwc6WE6ABjw1z

Reading this makes me sad. How traumatising must it have been for Sridevi to do such a scene at such a young age. I'm sure there is alot more to come out regarding her difficult childhood and struggle but so many people have been paid off to keep their mouths shut.😭

Originally posted by: BollyGlitz

Reading this makes me sad. How traumatising must it have been for Sridevi to do such a scene at such a young age. I'm sure there is alot more to come out regarding her difficult childhood and struggle but so many people have been paid off to keep their mouths shut.😭

Her mom stopped her from going to School by the time she was 7. While she was indeed money hungry, she never whor** out her daughter like her other moms of top actresses at that time. It was very much common in south esp in 70s & 80s.

This broke my heart. Abusive parents are the worst. Also I wish we had something like a 911 or child services helpline that actually works so that next time this happens to a kid you actually do something being a neighbour and not reveal it years later for headlines.

Sridevi is dead, her mom is also dead??

ab kuch bhi bolde koi, verify kaun karega.

Originally posted by: RegressiveThug

Sridevi is dead, her mom is also dead??

ab kuch bhi bolde koi, verify kaun karega.

I have provided evidence to prove that she wasn't lying..

In true sense Sridevi is tragic queen of bollywood , her cheerful and bubbly nature is just mask behind her painful soul.

This just breaks my heart.

She indeed had a sad childhood

Originally posted by: hirinkisaru

In true sense Sridevi is tragic queen of bollywood , her cheerful and bubbly nature is just mask behind her painful soul.

I have always noticed some sadness in her face esp during her public appearances

I believe this. I think she was at least an emotionally abused child and probably never realized it herself. I remember reading one interview of hers a few years before her death when she was explaining how she was an obedient child. She said one day as a kid she was being rambunctious her mom picked her up and set her on the ledge of the wall and told her to sit there. Mom went about her work and her day and forgot Sridevi until it got dark. When her mom finally came out and asked her why are you still sitting on the wall Sridevi replies saying because you told me to stay here. She explained it in the interview as a sign of her just being an obedient child and it seemed like she never realized how disturbing that story was.