Mumbai: She had a tryst with Tollywood. Sridevi, the only actress who started her career as a child artiste in daughter roles and later paired as the female lead to the same stars. This happened only in Tollywood and also only with Sridevi.
The diva started her film career at the age of seven in the film Maa Nanna Nirdoshi as Krishna’s daughter. Later she played as the female lead opposite Krishna in the film Burripalem Bullodu and went on to act with him in 31 films which is the highest in her career —sharing a screen space with the same lead actor. The legendary actor played daughter to Sobhan Babu in Naa Thammudu and again paired with him as a heroine in many films. Little Sridevi acted as the granddaughter of NTR in the film Badipanthulu and later in the film Vetagadu, the 55-plus actor dances with a young Sridevi.
Same occurred with Akkineni Nageswara Rao, with whom Sridevi acted as a child artiste and later as a couple.
Interestingly, the talented actress also acted with Nageswara Rao’s son Nagarjuna as the female lead. With this, Sridevi is the first actress to act opposite a father and later with his son as a heroine.
At the age of 20, Sridevi became the Queen of South Indian cinema where she acted with almost all the big stars of her time in South which was another feather to her cap. She not only got good glamorous roles but also proved her performance as a versatile actress. By 30, she had completed more than 200 films.
