{"product_id":"book-emcw","title":"Sridevi: The Eternal Screen Goddess","description":"Hailed as the first pan-Indian female superstar in an era which literally offered   actresses crumbs, Sridevi tamed Hindi cinema like no other. Beginning her   affair with the camera when she was four, this doe-eyed beauty conquered   Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada industries with performances etched in   gold. Taking Hindi cinema by storm with Himmatwala in 1983, Sridevi emerged   as one of the most iconic screen goddesses of India, playing characters that   went on to become cultural touchstones.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A supreme artiste who had mastered all the nine rasas, her comedy was   peerless, her dances legendary, her histrionics awe-inspiring and her life a   study in contrast, electric on screen, strangely reticent off it. Besides   reigning as queen bee for the longest spell among Hindi heroines, she also   remains the only actress who was No.1 in Tamil and Telugu cinema as   well.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Such was Sridevi's megastardom that she emerged as the 'hero' at the box   office, towering above her male co-actors. Challenging patriarchy in   Bollywood like no other, she not only exalted the status of the Hindi film   heroine but also empowered a whole generation of audiences. After a hiatus of   fifteen years, she shattered the rules again by becoming the only Bollywood   diva to make a triumphant comeback in 2012 with the globally acclaimed   English Vinglish.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e If her life played out forever in the limelight, so did her sudden demise   in 2018. Charting five decades of her larger-than-life magic, this book celebrates   both the phenomenon and the person Sridevi was. This is her journey from   child star to one of our greatest movie luminaries who forever changed the   narrative of Indian cinema.","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49326768554288,"sku":"BDemcw","price":17.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/537573-emcw-Square.jpg?v=1733661731","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-emcw","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}