Veteran actress Sridevi began her career as a child artiste. Some of her memorable films as a child artiste include Thunaivan, Bala Bharatham, Prarthanai, Nam Nadu, Babu, Badi Panthalu, and Bhakta Kumbara. With her bright eyes, curly locks and sprightly personality, Sridevi was a child artiste 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 was affectionately called Baby Sridevi even in her teens. Four-year-old Sridevi made her debut in the Tamil movie Thunaivan. Playing the role of young Lord Muruga, she captured hearts with her performance. This 1969 Tamil film Nam Naadu directed by Jhambuligam was Baby Sridevi's second film. She played the nephew of MG Ramachandran and Jayalalithaa.
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. She won the Kerala state Film Award for best child artist for her role as Sarada in the 1971 Malayalam movie Poombatta.
Sridevi also acted in Telugu movies as a child artiste. Her debut in Tollywood was with the 1970 movie Naa Nanna Nirdoshi. In 1975 she acted as Little Krishna in the movie Yashoda Krishna.
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 Hassan 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.
While her husband Boney Kapoor and daughter Khushi Kapoor accompanied Sridevi to the wedding in Dubai, Janhvi decided to stay behind in Mumbai to shoot for her debut film Dhadak. And the news would have come as a major shocker for this star kid as she couldn't get to spend the last days with her mom. Also, Sridevi won't be there to see Jhanvi's debut film that's releasing this July.