Talk:Sridevi Kapoor

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Could someone verify the "Steven Spielberg" assertion in this article please, and if this is not possible, then may I suggest that it be removed. Splashprince 07:17, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

I don't know how reliable IMDB biographies are, but take a look at http://university.imdb.com/name/nm0004437/bio -- Arvind 14:24, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

Thank you for your response, Arvind. I think perhaps we should cite that IMDB website where that statement appears in the Sri Devi Wiki. However, I feel it is best to remove that statement altogether. Note that it mentions that she is the only Bollywood/Indian star who has been approached by Spielberg (Spielberg is misspelled in the Wiki). This is not verified by the IMDB source. Splashprince 13:38, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] actor/producer

it is written that her occupation is actor. but she has retired as an actor. another thing: isn't she today working as a producer along with her husband? sridevi productions (incl. shakti etc.) --Dhirad 10:56, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

• Nothing on her brief stint of a marriage with Mithun Chakraborty? That marriage makes her a part of the Ganguly Family Connection, no? ~ Aditya Kabir 17:45, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

I had read somewhere she was married to Mithun. On IMDB it says so too. Shakirfan 00:19, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Major rewrite

Someone had filled the article with fangush emphasizing her work in South Indian movies. I removed most of that material, and reformatted the South Indian filmographies. They need dates, and to be re-organized by date. I removed all the material re her co-stars. This article is about her, not about Kamal Hassan, etc. I also re-added the Mithun Chakravorty marriage, though I think we need some good sources for this. All I could find was a Telegraph India gossip column, and the trivia on IMDB. That's user-contributed, so not very reliable. Zora 20:23, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

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This is ridiculous -- Sridevi acted in South Indian films from the time she was 10 years old till she was 25.. her best acting efforts were in South Indian films. Her Hindi film career, while certainly distinguished, is no comparison with her performance in South Indian films - either in range or in enabling her to show her acting talent. Please take the time to see some of her classic movies from earlier times before making comments. Also, I had the actor names next to these movies to show who her co-stars were, no intention to minimize her importance.

It's your personal opinion that her best efforts were in South Indian films. If you want to include more about her South Indian film career, then get us quotes from reputable critics and reliable sources. But -- I'm afraid that South Indian films just haven't had the world-wide visibility of Bollywood films. The English-speaking people reading the Sri Devi article are much more likely to have seen her in Lamhe or Mr. India than in a Tamil or Telegu film. So I think the Bollywood stuff should come first, by WP rules for notability. However -- if you can get quotes, or box-office figures, that would indicate which of her South Indian films were the most popular or got the best reviews from critics, then those would be a good addition to the article, as it might tempt Sridevi's Bollywood fans to look outside Bollywood. What was there was just a list of films, not readable and not enticing.

If you want to talk about who appeared in the film with her, then write articles about those films. It's not clear to me that her co-stars are in any way relevant to HER. (More South Indian film articles would actually be a good idea!)

We really can't have a career section that consists solely of "She appeared in X with Y and she was stupendously great in X. Then she appeared in Z with A, and she was amazingly good." There's no point in having a "career" section that merely repeats the filmography, with added star worship. There should be some analysis or narrative involved -- from notable critics, if possible.

It would also be a good idea to re-order all the South Indian films by date, rather than alphabetically. That gives a much better idea of her career. If you can find the info, box office figures for each film would be a useful addition. We aren't doing that now, but it would be so much more accurate than saying that something was a "hit" or a "flop" without any evidence given.

I'm sorry if your introduction to WP consists of having much of your work deleted -- however, I'm sure that with a little extra work, in terms of getting quotes and such, a lot can be restored. Zora 04:49, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

There is a lot of information about these South Indian movies of Sridevi. I will update once I gather it. I don't think Wikipedia's intention is to be "friendly" to a Western audience. The intention is to accurately reflect information. From that viewpoint, the substantial career that Sridevi had in South Indian movies, where she is still remembered as the most important actress of the the 1970s and 1980s needs to be correctly represented. Just because you are ignorant of south Indian movies, is not a good reason to misrepresent the artiste's career. - SudhirFX.

It's not just the "Western" world -- it's Bollywood that's popular in Russia, Japan, the Middle East, Europe, etc. South Indian movies just haven't traveled as far. You are probably right that there are gems of South Indian films that would be loved if known. However, your presentation was not such as to encourage people to find them!

I think it would help readers to visualize her work if you could dig up some information on just how she managed to appear in so many films. What was her filming schedule like? How much traveling did she do? Where did she live before she married and left the film world? Also, where do she and her husband live now ... Mumbai? Where in Mumbai? Can we get a picture of her house? Some information on her work as a child artiste would be nice too. How did she get into films if her father was a lawyer? Usually child artistes are recruited from film families. Human touches like that would make the article come alive. Just be sure to have good sources for anything you find. Zora 09:03, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

True, Bollywood is more popular than South Indian movies, but that is not the issue we are debating. The question is one of accurate representation of the career. Moreover, you already deleted one biographical truth that I had put in there. Her mother was an actress in Telugu movies - that is how she started in movies. SudhirFX.