Discover how Sridevi broke barriers to become Bollywood’s first female superstar. From child prodigy to national icon, her legacy shaped Indian cinema like no other. Sridevi has acted in a total of 95 Telugu language films. In 1976, Sridevi landed her first leading role in the Tamil film Moondru Mudichu directed by K. Balachander. [34] She followed it with a number of films with Kamal Haasan and Rajinikanth. Sridevi . Actress: English Vinglish. Sridevi was born on August 13, 1963 in her father's hometown of Sivakasi, Tamil Nadu, India. Her mother was from Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh. So Sridevi grew up speaking Telugu and Tamil. She has a sister named Srilatha and a stepbrother named Satish. In a career spanning over five decades, Sridevi was honoured with several prestigious awards and was also given the Padma Shri — India’s fourth highest civilian honour — in 2013. The actress made her acting debut at the age of four with the 1967 Tamil film ‘Kandhan Karunai’.
