When Smita Patil accused sridevi of being a 'sex' symbol, said- 'I got lakhs for showing my legs'

Once in an interview, actress Smita Patil talked about sridevi being a 'sex symbol' in the film industry and revealed that she felt sorry for her. When Smita Patil accused sridevi of being a 'sex' symbol, said- 'I got lakhs for showing my legs'

Born on 13 august 1963 in Sivakasi, the late veteran actress sridevi was considered one of India's most beautiful and greatest actresses of all time. In a career spanning 50 years, sridevi ruled indian cinema with her stellar performances in the Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, and hindi film industries. She was known as the 'sex symbol' as she stunned everyone with her hot avatar in the movies.

Talking about Sridevi's personal life, she broke many centuries-old stereotypes by marrying married boney kapoor in the year 1996. The much-in-love couple welcomed two beautiful daughters janhvi kapoor and Khushi Kapoor into their lives. Everything was going on in the best way, but the day of 24 february 2018 brought an earthquake in the life of the Kapoor family. sridevi died on the same day due to accidental drowning in a hotel bathtub in Dubai. His untimely demise has shocked his family members, who miss him a lot every day of their life.

the famous actress of her time, Smita Patil spoke about sridevi and told that she feels that sridevi is being exploited in the film industry. Talking about the kind of roles sridevi chose to do in those days, Smita had said that she was brought up thinking that it was okay to do trashy scenes to make money. Describing sridevi as her friend, Smita said, "Sridevi is a good friend of mine. I would like to talk to her and ask her if she is aware that she is being exploited. Maybe she is not. Know. I can't say I wasn't exploited. I was too naive to feel the bathing scene during the movie 'Chakra'. I was convinced and defended it for years. people who think like me It took four years to realize this and these South indian actresses can't even imagine. Their environment doesn't give them much chance to grow mentally so it is natural that they take life as their parents. They do these meaningless scenes to make enough money and get married."

Smita also recalled one of the incidents when she was asked to show her legs for a delivery scene and revealed that she told that her expressions were enough for the audience to understand the scene. Taking a jibe at sridevi and other actresses, Smita said that if she doesn't do a scene, someone else will for money. In her words, "Recently, for a delivery scene in a film, the director asked me to show my legs. I said 'no' there is no need, my facial expressions were enough to explain the scene, There are other films for such scenes. I have rejected it but the problem is not that simple. Just because I am not doing such films. I will not expect it from others. Koi jijne dus lakh Mila is showing off her legs and if sridevi doesn't do it, someone else will."

Further in the conversation, Smita Patil had said that she had not seen any South indian film, so she did not know what all the actresses used to do at that time. Having said that, South actresses might have their reasons for doing such obscene scenes. The veteran actress had revealed that such films would not last long. She had said, "Unfortunately I haven't seen any of these South indian films, but I know the way they are made. These actresses may have their reasons for doing such roles, I don't know.", But how many such films will last? Not for long. Although I understand that people do what is harmful, can I say to these actresses, 'Please forget your ten lakhs and start a better cinema. Work in that direction. They have a sense of superiority. They feel so good about being the 'sex symbol' of the industry, I feel sorry for them."