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This 1984 Interview of Sridevi is a Pure Gold.so many Interesting quotes.Here is an excerpt from her interview
Jeetendra is the most lovable star and I don't blame Sridevi for giving her heart to him. More so, when being involved with this big Box Office draw has so many advantages for the career-conscious South Indian superstar. Her involvement with the lucky' star is giving nightmares to rival heroines (threatened by her entry into Hindi films) and sleepless nights to Shobha (this is the second time a South Indian girl is threatening to take her Jeetu away from her)
Sridevi certainly lacked taste and I could see that Jeetu hadn't rubbed off his good clothes-sense on to her. I couldn't imagine the bare-footed, ordinary-looking girl in a cotton blouse and A-line skirt, with a running nose and no tissue or handkerchief to wipe it, as the most beautiful girl in Madras. As I shamelessly stared at her make-up-less face and oily plait, Sridevi smiled and her eyes lit up impishly. She pulled up one of the cane chairs in the verandah and asked me to sit.
Sridevi however, denied all rumours about a link-up between her and Jeetu. When I told her that a hot-shot Bombay producer insisted that every evening after shooting, Sridevi visited Jeetu in his hotel room, and stayed there past midnight, the girl blushed and screamed,"Never! Honestly, till this day, I have never been to Jeetu's hotel room, nor has he ever come home. I know people have been saying a lot of bad things, but this is the truth.
"I am an innocent girl, she continued quietly. "I'm not a fool, but I am not a calculative person either. And I am certainly not a man-eater. Sridevi insisted that these rumours linking her up with a married man, didn't really affect her or her orthodox parents, because she'd been a child-star and link-ups are a part of the game'. "It's not new to me, she smiled shrewdly. "I'm used to and prepared for things like this. My parents, though conservative, know what this industry is all about. Besides, they have met Jeetu a couple of times and find him a very decent man.
Sridevi insisted that she didn't know why Shobha was feeling threatened by her. She also stated emphatically that though she admired Hema Malini very much, she would never go her way and marry a married man. "It's a wrong belief that second wives are a common feature in the South, she said seriously. "Even here, it's a big thing to marry a married man or have a second wife. Everyone gossips about it. People are more conservative in the South than in Bombay.
Sridevi insisted that she didn't know why Shobha was feeling threatened by her. She also stated emphatically that though she admired Hema Malini very much, she would never go her way and marry a married man. "It's a wrong belief that second wives are a common feature in the South, she said seriously. "Even here, it's a big thing to marry a married man or have a second wife. Everyone gossips about it. People are more conservative in the South than in Bombay.
Gaining instant confidence she continued, "I really don't care about what people have to say about me. I'm only interested in my work and career. And I'm eager to make it big in Bombay
I queried if she took an interest in Jeetu only because she wanted to steal him from her rival Jaya Prada, Sridevi was flabbergasted. Wasn't she also doing the same with Jaya's new catch, Rajesh Khanna now? Sridevi lost her cool and shouted. "Rajesh Khanna doesn't belong to anybody anyway. If he was Jaya's property at one time, he will now be mine!
Her logic was funny and I laughed. Wide-eyed, she asked me about the big bad wolves of the Bombay industry. Her naivety touched me and I saw her eyes growing bigger as she attentively listened to stories. I could see her cleverly grasp the information, frequently nodding of her head. I stopped, realising why all the filmi men flipped for Sridevi. Taken in by her vulnerability, they were all ready to hold her hand and guide her through the cross-roads of her filmi career. I couldn't blame her heroes for that.
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