This actress ruled Bollywood, South film industry was paid more than Rajinikanth, died tragically...

This actress worked with many big stars in the Hindi and South film industries. At the beginning of her career, she was paid more than Rajinikanth.

This actress started working in the film industry at a very young age. She has been a part of many big Bollywood and several South movies too. During the times when stars like Amitabh Bachchan, Rishi Kapoor, or Rajinikanth were growing as stars, this actress was quite ahead of them in terms of stardom. With her performances, confidence, beauty, and dance, she made a place for herself in people's hearts.

This actress was paid more than Rajinikanth

The actress once did a movie with Rajinikanth during her early days. The movie also features Kamal Haasan. At that time, she got paid more than the Thalaiva. Yes, you read it right. In that movie, this actress worked as a child artist and her talent was noticed, which helped her eventually become a very big star. So who exactly are we talking about?

The actress is none other than Sridevi. In her career spanning several decades, she worked in several South (Tamil) movies and, of course, a lot of Hindi movies. In K Balachander's Moondru Mudichu, Sridevi shared the screen space with Kamal Haasan and Rajinikanth. In the past, the Mr India actress revealed that she got paid more than Rajinikanth. While the Thailava was paid Rs 2000, Sridevi got Rs 5000 for the movie.

Sadly, in 2018, Sridevi died due to accidental drowsing in her bathtub. The actress was found dead in her guest room in Dubai's Jumeirah Emirates Towers Hotel. Her death left her family, friends, fans and entire film industry devastated. Rajinikanth was also quite shocked to hear the passing away of the actress. On X, he had posted, "I'm shocked and very disturbed. I’ve lost a dear friend and the industry has lost a true legend. My heart goes out to her family and friends. I feel the pain with them. #RIPSridev. Yo will be missed."