While the 1980s and 1990s were dark times for fashion in Bollywood, some ensembles stood out. Among these, Sridevi’s chiffon saris in Chandni were arguably the most influential fashions of late 20th century Hindi cinema

Her handful of roles opposite Rishi Kapoor, her Chandni co-star, included 1990’s Harmesh Malhotra’s Banjaran, a reincarnation melodrama with shades of Malhotra, Kapoor and Sridevi’s ‘80s blockbuster Nagina

Sridevi pulled off a minor coup in 1992 when she scored the double roles of Benazir and Mehndi opposite Amitabh Bachchan in his planned swansong, Mukul Anand’s “Khuda Gawah.”

Perhaps no other movie star played such a variety of double roles. Here, in Yash Chopra’s Lamhe, Sridevi plays Pallavi, the feisty daughter of the long-dead Pooja (in sketch).

Sridevi’s career lows could be as significant as the highs, as in big-budget failure Roop Ki Rani Choron Ka Raja, where her spectacular costumes and role as a con-woman required her to play buffoon, warrior and goddess by turn

15 years after she made her last Hindi film, 1997’s Judaai, Sridevi returns to Hindi cinema this week with English Vinglish, directed by Gauri Shinde