The hindi cinema industry flourished during the 1990s. Big bollywood films were now regularly making above Rs 40–50 crore. The celebs were thus no longer just paid in lakhs but also in crores. bollywood celebrities quickly followed in the footsteps of telugu megastar Chiranjeevi, who broke the crore barrier in the south. However, a lady who was a pan-Indian celebrity and made more money than the Khans at their height defeated them all.
The three Khans were the hottest new stars in town in the middle of the 1990s. They were the only bollywood stars to demand Rs 1 crore for a film, along with amitabh bachchan, who was on leave at the time. However, sridevi, the current box office queen, was earning up to Rs 1.25 crore for each movie, which was more than the Khans and even more than south indian superstars like Rajinikanth, Chiranjeevi, and Kamal Haasan. Sridevi's celebrity power earned her the nickname Lady Bachchan from the media, and the south media even referred to her as "bigger than Big B," a term that had previously been used for Chiranjeevi.
When Sridevi's fame reached its zenith in 1996, she wed producer boney Kapoor. Given that boney was previously married and had two children, the marriage was highly contentious. Soon after getting pregnant with her daughter Janhvi, sridevi decided to put her parenting first before her career. Her latest album for over ten years was Judaai, which came out in 1997. The celebrity stopped making movies at 34.
Following a six-year hiatus, sridevi resumed acting, albeit on television as the lead character in Malini Iyer. But for over ten years, this was her sole acting role. After a 15-year hiatus, the actress made her big-screen comeback with english Vinglish in 2012. After that, she starred in Puli, her first tamil movie in more than 20 years. Mom, which was released in 2017 and earned her a National Award posthumously, was her final picture in the starring role. 2017 saw sridevi pass away following an unintentional drowning. Her final on-screen role was a cameo in the 2018 film zero starring Shah Rukh Khan.
The three Khans were the hottest new stars in town in the middle of the 1990s. They were the only bollywood stars to demand Rs 1 crore for a film, along with amitabh bachchan, who was on leave at the time. However, sridevi, the current box office queen, was earning up to Rs 1.25 crore for each movie, which was more than the Khans and even more than south indian superstars like Rajinikanth, Chiranjeevi, and Kamal Haasan. Sridevi's celebrity power earned her the nickname Lady Bachchan from the media, and the south media even referred to her as "bigger than Big B," a term that had previously been used for Chiranjeevi.
When Sridevi's fame reached its zenith in 1996, she wed producer boney Kapoor. Given that boney was previously married and had two children, the marriage was highly contentious. Soon after getting pregnant with her daughter Janhvi, sridevi decided to put her parenting first before her career. Her latest album for over ten years was Judaai, which came out in 1997. The celebrity stopped making movies at 34.
Following a six-year hiatus, sridevi resumed acting, albeit on television as the lead character in Malini Iyer. But for over ten years, this was her sole acting role. After a 15-year hiatus, the actress made her big-screen comeback with english Vinglish in 2012. After that, she starred in Puli, her first tamil movie in more than 20 years. Mom, which was released in 2017 and earned her a National Award posthumously, was her final picture in the starring role. 2017 saw sridevi pass away following an unintentional drowning. Her final on-screen role was a cameo in the 2018 film zero starring Shah Rukh Khan.
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