Sridevi was one of the actresses who made a successful transition from acting in the South to Hindi films The sudden death of actress Sridevi of a cardiac arrest at the young age of 54 has left not just her colleagues in the film industry, but also her millions of fans, in shock. On social media, they paid tributes to her and recalled not only her landmark films but also noted that she had begun a comeback at an age when most mature actresses are consigned to boring and clichéd ‘mother’ roles. With English Vinglish, released in 2012 when she was 48, Sridevi had shown that she could play a central role and still hold attention as she did, successfully, in the countless films of the 1980s. That decade was not known for great cinema, but in that firmament, Sridevi was the brightest star. In fact, the 1980s could be said to be the decade of Sridevi. More than most, she churned out one Hindi hit after the other starting with the potboiler Himmatwala, Tohfa and Nagina. Mr...