- She was the sole income earner in her family. She financially supported her mother, stepfather, sister and stepbrother.
- Sridevi was offered a role in "Jurassic Park" by Steven Spielberg. She refused because it wasn't a starring role and it would have meant taking a hiatus from Bollywood at a time when she was at the peak of her career.
- In the 1980s, Jaya Prada and Sridevi were fierce rivals. They were of a similar age, from the South and considered contenders for the coveted number one slot in Hindi cinema. Producers loved pairing them up in films, because of their amazing on-screen chemistry. But in public, each would give the other the cold shoulder. Once, during the shooting of Maqsad (1984), Jeetendra and Rajesh Khanna locked the two warring queens in the same makeup room hoping they'd make up. No such thing happened. Two hours later, when he opened the door, they found the actresses sitting at opposite ends of the room in silence. However, in 2015, Sridevi attended the wedding of Jayaprada's nephew and warmly held hands with her former rival. In the intervening 30 years, both had taken separate paths in life, with Sridevi focusing on motherhood, and Jayaprada focusing on politics, so they were no longer in competition to rule the silver screen, and thus were able to mend fences. Jaya Prada and Sridevi remained in touch between 1998 to 2018. They worked together in Tohfa, Maqsad, Aulad, Main Tera Dushman. When Sridevi died of accidental drowning in 2018, a shocked Jayaprada called it "a bad dream" and talked about how it was Sridevi's wish that her daughters rule the silver screen like she had. Then, she went to Sridevi's house to pay her last respects to the family.
- Has two daughters named Jhanvi (b. 1997) and Khushi (b. November 5, 2000), both named after the heroines in husband Boney Kapoor's films Judaai (1997) and Hamara Dil Aapke Paas Hai (2000).
- Sridevi was the highest paid Hindi actress from 1985-1992 and the 2nd highest paid Hindi actress from 1993-1996.
- She is on the Board of Director at the Asian Academy of film and television.
- She lost her father during the shooting of Yash Chopra's Lamhe (1991) in London. She flew home for the last rites and returned to work to shoot a comedy sequence with co-star Anupam Kher.
- Sridevi was not the director's first choice for two of her films which made her a star. Jaya Prada was considered for Nagina (1986), while Rekha was supposed to do Chandni (1989).
- Sridevi's funeral is estimated to have attracted the fourth highest number of mourners, ranking below the 3 previous biggest funeral processions of non political film personalities Mohammad Rafi, Kishore Kumar and Rajesh Khanna in India from Hindi film industry.
- Was the original choice for the role in 'Beta' that made Madhuri Dixit a superstar. She turned the role down, because she felt she was already doing too many films with Anil Kapoor.
- When Boney Kapoor approached Sridevi's mother for Mr India, her mother quoted Rs 10 lakhs as fee. Boney Kapoor paid Sridevi Rs 11 lakhs instead. Later, he admitted that he wanted to get close to the actress.
- At the height of her career, Sridevi received countless marriage proposals from wealthy American and British born Indians who saw her as the perfect trophy wife. One of her rumored suitors was Hollywood movie producer Ashok Amritraj.
- While shooting for the hit song Na Jaane Kaha Se Aayi Hai from Chaalbaaz (1989), the actress was running a fever of 103 degrees. Her performance won her a Filmfare Award for Best Actress.
- She was cast in a dual role in 1993's Baazigar. However, the director felt that the audience would never be able to sympathize with Shah Rukh Khan's character if he 'killed' Sridevi on Screen. The role was re-written and two different actresses (Shilpa Shetty and Kajol) were hired to play the roles originally meant for La Devi.
- Fluent in several languages, including Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, and English.
- Director Dasari Narayana Rao used her name in the song "Devi Mounama Sridevi Mounama" that was picturized on her in the hit film Premabhishekam (1982).
- Sridevi was a fan of Sylvester Stallone and Sylvester Stallone also liked her.
- Urban legends say that Sri Devi's mother Rajeshwari was a dancer in films.
- Her remains were cremated and her ashes were scattered off into the rameshawaram coast in Chennai.
- She fondly recalled meeting the then-assistant director K. Raghavendra Rao when she was a child actress. A scene called for her to cross the street, and when she got hit by a vehicle, K. Raghavendra Rao immediately lifted her and carried her to a doctor even though she suffered only minor injuries. A few years later, when he became a director, he first made her a star in Telugu films with Padaharella Vayasu (1978) and then again in Hindi films with Himmatwala (1983).
- Hrithik Roshan had his first speaking role opposite Sridevi in Bhagwan Dada (1986) in which he had a small role as a child artiste.
- Her performance in the 1992 Ram Gopal Varma directed Kshana Kshanam won her the Filmfare Award for Best Actress - Telugu and Andhra's Nandi Award for Best Actress.
- Baby Sridevi's performance in Poompatta (1971) in Malayalam won her the Kerala State Film Award for Best Child Artist.
- Sridevi could not speak Hindi when she stepped into the Hindi film industry. She dubbed her dialogues for the first time in Chandni (1989). While, yesteryear actress Naaz had dubbed for her in her previous films, Rekha had dubbed for her in Aakhree Raasta (1986).
- Successful Tamil films include Bharathi Raja's Sigappu Rojakkal, SP. Muthuraman's Priya, Karthika Deepam, Johnny, Varumayin Niram Sivappu and Aakali Rajyam.
- For her contribution to arts, the Government of India bestowed upon her with its fourth highest civilian honour, Padma Shri, in 2013. She was also voted as "India's greatest actress in the last 100 years" the same year in a poll conducted by CNN-IBN.
- Her former secretary is Hari Singh, whose daughter Bhumicka Singh debuted in the movie Aap Ki Khatir (2006).
- During the 1980s, [[Mithun Chakraborty]] had a love affair with Sridevi. Sridevi had fallen in love with Mithun Chakraborty on the sets of [[Rakesh Roshan]]'s Jaag Utha Insan (1984).Sridevi and Mithun Chakraborty got married secretly, and Mithun Chakraborty admitted it to the press when a fan magazine published their marriage certificate.Their marriage lasted for 4 years from 1985 to 1988. Mithun was already married hence divorced her in 1988.
- The pair of Jeetendra-Sridevi did 16 films together between 1983-88 and 13 of them were hits and 3 were flops.The 13 hits were Himmatwala (1983), Jaani Dost (1983), Justice Chaudhry(1983), Mawaali(1983), Akalmand (1984), Tohfa (1984), Balidaan (1985), Suhagan(1986), Ghar Sansar (1986), Dharm Adhikari (1986), Aulad (1987), Sone Pe Suhaaga (1988). The 3 flops of the pair were Sarfarosh (1985),Aag Aur Shola (1986),Himmat Aur Mehanat (1987).
- Tamil/Telugu/Hindi megastar
- Starred in the shelved movie Sanmit Films "Bodyguard"(1995) Starring Sridevi,Sunil Shetty. Written by Ranbir Pushp, Music by Anu Malik,Produced by Narrotam V Purohit, Directed by Sanjay Gupta.
- The Biggest Female Megastar and The Greatest Actress of The Indian Cinema.
- On the eve of the centenary celebrations of Indian cinema in 2013, she was voted by UK's Eastern Eye magazine as the 10th greatest Bollywood star of all-time. She was the fourth actress ranked in the top-10 after Madhuri Dixit(4th), Nargis Dutt(5th) and Waheeda Rehman(8th).
- Another Indian actress who married a married man.
- Sister-in-law of megastar Anil Kapoor.
- In 1988, both K.C. Bokadia and B.Subhash wanted to remake Fatal Attraction with Sri Devi in the lead. Sri Devi gave the okay to B.Subhash but K.C.Bokadia told Sri Devi that Kamal Haasan had said yes to his project. The films were never made.
- Sridevi was a rage, a craze, a phenomenon during Her prime years or hey days.
- Sridevi created sensation at Her peak, whipping up mass hysteria.
- After Jaanbaz, Feroz was to make "Yalgaar"(1987) Starring Feroz Khan, Anil Kapoor ,Jackie Shroff, Sri Devi Sonam ,Anuradha Patel. But that film was shelved due to Anil Kapoor disagreeing when Feroz Khan dropped Jackie from the film. It was was based on the Indian army. The song "Hain Dil Mein Lagan" was recorded for the film. He later started Yalgaar with himself and Sanjay Dutt, but with a different subject and and star cast. The earlier recorded song "Hain Dil Mein Lagan" was used in the film.
- Daughter-in-law of Surinder Kapoor and sister-in-law of Sanjay Kapoor.
- In 1981, she starred in the Tamil film Meendum Kokila which won her the Filmfare Award for Best Actress - Tamil. In 1982, Sridevi starred in Moondram Pirai playing a woman suffering from amnesia and went on to win the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actress.
- .She acted with Jayalalitha in Thirumangalyam, Kandan Karunai and Adi Parashakti.. She acted with Sivaji Ganesan as a child in Babu and also was paired opposite him in Sandhippu (1983). She acted as a child with M.G.Ramachandran in Nam Naadu.
- Sridevi's first release of 1977 was Gayathri, followed by Kavikkuyil and 16 Vayathinile and Telugu remake - Padaharella Vayasu in 1978.
- After Nagina, Harmesh Malhotra had launched a film titled "Mardangi" with Vinod Khanna, Rishi Kapoor and Sridevi in a double role. It was shelved so Malhotra could make Nighahein.
- Starred in the shelved movie Radhika Films " Aurat Ki Adalat"(1988) Starring Sridevi,Meenkashi Sheshadri, Produced by Mohanji Prasad,S.K.Jain,B.K.Jaiswal, Story and Direction by Mohanji Prasad.
- Starred in the shelved movie Jyostna Movies "Saamna"(1992) Starring Sanjay Dutt, Sridevi, Amrish Puri,Kunika, Raj Kiran, Laxmikant Berde,Story by Anwar Khan, Music by Laxmikant Pyarelal, Directed by K. Bapaiah.
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