Bollywood divas: Sridevi, Jaya Prada's rivalry simmers

This year definitely seems to belong to Sridevi.

With the stupendous success of her come back film ‘English-Vinglish’ and also having received the Padma Shri award, all her friends came queuing to her doorstep to celebrate her belated birthday bash in Mumbai.

The party was thrown by politician Amar Singh who shares a long lasting friendship with Boney Kapoor.

The who’s who of both Bollywood as well as the political arena attended the glittering birthday bash.

But, it takes no prize for guessing that none other than the yester-year beautiful rival of Sridevi, Jaya Pradha was conspicuous by her absence.
Rivalry amongst the two goes back to Bollywood’s black and white days.

In one of our earlier interviews Jaya had confirmed, “My rivalry with Sridevi was much talked about at one point in time.

“Sridevi was jealous of me and considered me her rival. We would be at the same shoot, but sitting in two different corners.”

She added, “So much so, that in a film with Jeetendra, ‘Toffa’ in which she was to be shown as dying on my lap, her mother told the director, “My daughter will not die in Jaya’s lap. Please change the scene.

Jeetu locked us in a room and requested her to accept the scene as it is, but in vain.

“At this juncture of my life however, I wish her success and a good life with her family. It would be very mean of me to say low things about her.”
When quizzed why she did not attend Sridevi’s birthday bash, her business manager simply said, “Jayaji is busy shooting for a Telugu remake in Hyderabad.

“The film is being directed by A Raj Shekahar. In this untitled film, Siddhartha being Jaya’s nephew will debut opposite Hansika Motwani.”
Considering the two actresses’ past, the skipping of Sridevi’s birthday bash might have been more than just a busy schedule!
 

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