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In Pictures: Sridevi Grew Up in Front of the Camera

Sridevi was active across all south Indian languages as a child artiste. A look back, in her memory.

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Sridevi was a child artist who had great screen presence and was much sought-after by directors. Not just roles, the actor was equally comfortable shifting gender, playing a boy and girl with ease. She played an infant Lord Muruga in Kandhan Karunai , a role that she would go on to enact as a child artist with elan in other films, too. Some of her memorable films as a child artiste include Bala Bharatham, Prarthanai, Nam Nadu, Babu, Badi Panthalu, and Bhakta Kumbara.

She was affectionately called Baby Sridevi even in her teens.

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Four-year-old Sridevi made her debut in the Tamil movie Tunaivan. Playing the role of young Lord Muruga, she captured hearts with her performance.

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This 1969 Tamil film Nam Naadu directed by Jhambuligam was Baby Sridevi's second film. She played the nephew of MG Ramachandran and Jayalalithaa.

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In 1971, she acted in the Tamil film Aathi Parasakthi as Lord Muruga. Jayalalithaa played the role of Goddess Parvati and Gemini Ganesan was Shiva.

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She won the Kerala state Film Award for best child artist for her role as Sarada in the 1971 Malayalam movie Poombatta.

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Sridevi also acted in Telugu movies as a child artist. Her debut in Tollywood was with the 1970 movie Naa Nanna Nirdoshi. In 1975 she acted as Little Krishna in the movie Yashoda Krishna.

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Sridevi who played roles across the southern industries made her debut with Julie in Bollywood in 1975. It was a remake of the hit Malayalam movie Chattakaari.

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16 Vayathinile (1977), starring Sridevi, Kamal Hassan and Rajinikanth, was a landmark movie of its generation. Sridevi played a teenage village girl, and characters of Rajinikanth, the village baddie, and Kamal, a physically-disabled man, fall for her. She finally chooses Kamal for his compassionate behaviour. It was directed by P Bharathiraja.

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In Sigappu Rojakkal (1978) directed by Bharathiraja, Sridevi was once again cast alongside Kamal Haasan for the film. Sridevi, a saleswoman, marries the character of Haasan, who is a serial killer. The thriller revolves around how Sridevi finds out about her husband's secret and then fights to save her life.

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