Birthday Special: 10 Unknown Facts About Sridevi

Eternal beauty Sridevi turned 50 today. But the diva can still give many young actresses sleepless nights. What's more, even at this age Sridevi is getting the offers to play the main lead in the movies. Her comeback movie English Vinglish was not only successful at the Box-Office but also won the critical acclaim.

On her birthday we bring to 10 unknown facts about the timeless beauty Sridevi-

1. Sridevi hates to celebrate her birthday.

2. The first time Sridevi dubbed her dialogues in Hindi was for Yash Chopra's movie Chandni.

3. Sridevi's father was a lawyer and her mother tongue is Tamil.

4.Sridevi started her career as a child artist in the Tamil movie Kandhan Karunai (1967)

5. Not many people know that Sridevi was down with 103 degrees fever, while shooting Chalbaaz's famous song 'Na Jaane Kaha Se Aayi Hai'.

6. Sridevi has worked in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada films.

7. Sridevi started her career as a child artist at the age of four.

8. Sridevi made her Hindi film debut as a lead actress in Solva Sawan (1979)

9. In 2013 Government of India awarded her Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian honor.

10. Sridevi did playback for Sadma and Chandni.

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