She was cast as Murugan in a string of films starring top actors like Sivaji Ganesan, Jayalalithaa and KR Vijaya. Filmmakers were rushing to cash in on her charming smile and divine looks.
The way NTR became the image of Krishna for the Telugu audience, Sridevi became Murugan for Tamil cinemagoers. Posters and advertisements in the press featured her prominently. Sridevi was given a small role as Lord Murugan in that film, and she stole the show. Thunaivan is a devotional film on the plight of a devotee of Lord Murugan. But don’t stop schooling her,” said Kamaraj, and turned towards Kannadasan, a popular lyricist and a partyman, and told him, “Help this cute child, if you can.”Īyyappan followed up with Kannadasan, who advised him to meet MA Thirumugam, a filmmaker who was working on a project for the legendary producer Sandow MMA Chinappa Thevar. Her mother wants her to be a film star.” “That’s fine. We are trying to put her in music and dance. “How old is she? Has she started her schooling?” “She will be four this August. She pulled at the corner of her father’s veshti and whispered into his ears, “ Polama?” (Shall we go?) Kamaraj noticed her and asked, “Whose child is she?” “My daughter, sir,” replied a beaming Ayyappan. In that political meeting was a bored little child, hardly four years old, pacing the room and gazing at the white walls lined with pictures of Gandhi and Nehru.
He came from the village of Meenampatti, in Sivakasi taluk, Virudhunagar district. Ayyappan, a young lawyer and a Congressman, was among them. They were analysing the reasons for his electoral debacle from his hometown and constituency, Virudhunagar. One fateful day, Kamaraj was busy as ever in a discussion with partymen at his residence on Thirumalai Pillai Road, Thyagaraya Nagar, Chennai. VETERAN CONGRESS LEADER and celebrated kingmaker K Kamaraj, considered responsible for charting the course of many national leaders including Indira Gandhi, was also instrumental in directing the destiny of a film star-Sridevi. Lord Murugan was her first role, and nine years later at 13, she would play Rajinikanth’s stepmother. It began with a word of encouragement from Kamaraj when the legendary Congressman noticed a cute little girl, not yet four, with her father, a young lawyer, in Chennai.
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