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Top Sridevi Controversies

August 13, 2018 by BollywoodPresents Team

Sridevi

Sridevi ruled the film industry for a couple of decades, and was often referred to as the female Bachchan of the film industry. Here we take a look at the top Sridevi controversies.

Sridevi’s Death

Sridevi’s untimely death shocked many, and even raised quite a few eyebrows. Though the official reason of her death was due to “drowning in bath tub” (under the influence of alcohol), there are many who think there’s something more to it that what meets the eyes.

One of the theories was that Boney Kapoor killed her for the insurance money (which was a huge amount). Sridevi had taken the insurance cover only a few months before her demise.

Marriage to Boney Kapoor

Boney was already married to Mona Kapoor and had two children Arjun and Anshula, when he fell for Sridevi.

Boney was so smitten by Sridevi that he approached her mother to sign Sridevi for Mr. India for Rs10 lakh (a big amount those days). “When she asked for Rs10 lakh, I offered her Rs11 lakh because I wanted to be close to Sridevi. Her mother was completely impressed with me,” said Boney in an earlier interview.

During the filming, Boney and Sridevi got close to one another. ,br/>

A post shared by Sridevi Kapoor (@sridevi.kapoor) on Oct 30, 2017 at 12:42pm PDT


Soon, the news of Sridevi being pregnant even before being married, spread like wild fire and the two got married in 1996 in a simple temple wedding.

Sridevi was openly accused of being a ‘homebreaker’, Boney’s son Arjun Kapoor never had a cordial relation with Sridevi.

But despite all the ups and downs, the couple remained happily married for ever.

Sridevi and her professional rivalries with Jaya Prada and Madhuri Dixit

Sridevi, who came to Bollywood after dominating the Southern film industry, went on to become a superstar in Bollywood as well; a feat that even Kamal Hassan or Rajnikanth could not achieve.

During her initial days in Bollywood, Sridevi had to face stiff competition from Jaya Prada. The two ladies from the South worked in several movies (mostly paired opposite Jeetendra). But it was Sridevi who surged ahead and dominated the industry for a long time, before Madhuri Dixit burst into the scene and ended Sridevi’s reign in Bollywood.

Sridevi & ‘Puli’ Producers Fight Over Money: Each Side Claim Millions of Rupees

When Sridevi’s first looks in Tamil movie ‘Puli’ (as the ‘evil’ queen) was unveiled, it garnered lot of interest among her fans (the character also looked a lot like Angelina Jolie’s character in Maleficent). However, the movie could not set the box-office on fireworks. Nor was Sridevi’s role as Queen Yavanarani was appreciated by fans and audiences alike. Now ‘Puli’ is back in the news, but this time it’s because of Sridevi’s fight with Puli’s producers over remuneration.

Sridevi had filed a complaint at the Mumbai Producer’s Council claiming that the producers of “Puli” owe her Rs. 50 lakhs (it seems the veteran superstar was signed for a whooping Rs. 6 crores).

Producer Shibu Thameens, who was in hospital for a surgery, could not revert back on the allegation immediately.

Will clarify Sridevi mam complaint ,postpone my surgery tomorrow nd joining my partner pts in chennai pic.twitter.com/1TXCwdDNsv

— Shibu Thameens (@shibuthameens) November 8, 2015

But bow the movie’s producers have come back with their side of the story.

The makers of Tamil fantasy drama “Puli”, on the contrary, claim that Sridevi owe them Rs. 20 lakh, and they don’t owe her a single penny.

It seems the producers (Shibu Thameens and P.T Selvakumar) had signed the veteran actress for Rs. 2.7 crore (another Rs. 30 lakh as service tax). And they agreed to cough out that huge amount because of their respect for the veteran actress.

“However, in the final stages of production, Sridevi’s husband Boney Kapoor asked us to pay her extra, as we were planning to release the film in other languages too,” said the producers. Boney Kapoor told the filmmakers that Sridevi would only come to the shoot if she was paid extra.

Because, Sridevi played a pivotal role in the movie, the filmmakers decided to pay her 20 percent of the film’s Hindi satellite rights, which was Rs. 55 lakh and Rs. 15 lakh for the dubbed Telugu version.

It was also at the behest of Kapoor (who convinced the producers that Sridevi has a very good market in Hindi) that the film-makers decided to release the film in Hindi.

The cost for the Hindi version kept on escalating, with Sridevi insisting that the producers hire Manish Malhotra (additional Rs. 50 lakh) as the main costume designer (the producers already had hired three costume designers for the movie). Another Rs. 8 lakh was spent on a marketing designer for the film’s Hindi version.

The filmmakers said that they spent additional crores, just to please Sridevi, and despite all their efforts, Sridevi didn’t even come for the film’s audio launch.

“She owes us money,” said the producers.

“Puli” trailer, directed by Chimbu Deven, stars Sridevi, Vijay, Shruti Haasan and Hansika Motwani in the lead roles.

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