


Throughout the making of the film, I just couldn't take my eyes off her charm, her beauty, her personality and her demeanour was a new discovery for me," he wrote after her demise.Ĭhief Ministers of both Telugu states have expressed their sorrow at the veteran actor's passing. " Kshana Kshanam was intended by me as a love letter to her. She continued acting in Tollywood until the early 90s, when she began focusing on her career in Bollywood, and shifted to the Hindi film industry.Īnother big hit in her long career in the Telugu film industry was Kshana Kshanam, where she played the female lead with producer D Ramanaidu’s son Venkatesh.ĭirector Ram Gopal Varma shared that it was Sridevi's beauty that inspired him to pen the script of Kshana Kshanam which released in 1991. Her other notable films include Karthika Deepam (1979) starring Sohan Babu, Aakali Rajyam in 1981 with Kamal Hassan, Trishulam (1983) and Oka Radha Iddaru Krishnulu in 1986. With ANR, she acted in films like Mudulla Koduku (1979), Premabhishekham (1981), Premakanuka (1981), Guru Sishyulu (1981) and Bangaru Kanuka (1982). She would go on to act with NTR in films like Vetagadu (1979), Aatagadu (1980), Sardar Papa Rayudu (1980), Kondaveeti Simham (1981), Bobbili Puli (1982), Anuraga Devata (1982) and Justice Chowdhary (1982). She also played the role of NTR’s granddaughter in Badi Panthulu (1972).
