Sridevi filmography

Sridevi (born Shree Amma Yanger Ayyapan; 13 August 1963 – 24 February 2018) was an Indian actress and film producer, who primarily worked in Telugu, Tamil, Hindi, Malayalam and Kannada films.[1] Her acting career started in South Indian Cinema at the age of 4, with the Tamil film Kandan Karunai. She then made her early transition to adult roles by the age of 13 with director, K. Balachander's film, Moondru Mudichu. Due to her immense popularity and pan-Indian appeal, she was often cited as the first & foremost female superstar of Indian Cinema. Sridevi's performances in films in a variety of genres have made her earn loads of praise as well as accolades globally.[1] During her career, she won 7 Filmfare Awards: 4 in Hindi, 2 in Tamil and 1 in Telugu. Her 15-year-long comeback was the awaited film, English Vinglish (2012). After English Vinglish, Sridevi appeared on her comeback and at the same time, her last Tamil film Puli in 2015 (to Kollywood industry after a long awaiting gap of 30 years, since her Naan Adimai Illai 1986 film). Her last Bollywood film was the blockbuster film, Mom in 2017 (which was also the latter's 300th major film appearance, shortly before her death less than a year). She received the National Film Award for Best Actress for Mom. Sridevi's last role was a brief cameo appearance in Zero: released in December 2018- 10 months, after her untimely demise of the same year on 24 February 2018. Sridevi has overall featured in 93 Telugu films, 74 Tamil films, 72 Hindi films, 25 Malayalam films and 5 Kannada films- which total up to 272 films along with a couple of cameo appearances in her 50-year long & illustrious career. This included one Hindi TV serial called Malini Iyer (2004-2005), which also marked her comeback to the film industry 7 years later, after her sabbatical from film acting and also her debut in television. She later took up modeling as a career during her long hiatus (when Sridevi wasn't working in films), used to go out with her husband, Boney Kapoor for outdoor shootings, started becoming a beautiful artist by painting and selling her work to auction houses for donation, supported various charity organizations, children's educational funds and most importantly, the LGBTQ Community.

Sridevi at the premiere of her film English Vinglish in 2012