{"id":4816,"date":"2019-08-16T10:28:52","date_gmt":"2019-08-16T10:28:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=4816"},"modified":"2019-08-16T10:28:53","modified_gmt":"2019-08-16T10:28:53","slug":"sridevi-girl-woman-superstar-written-by-satyarth-nayak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/sridevi-girl-woman-superstar-written-by-satyarth-nayak\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cSridevi: Girl Woman Superstar\u201d written by Satyarth Nayak"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Sridevi: Girl Woman Superstar<\/strong><\/em>, a new book on actress Sridevi, written by author and screenwriter Satyarth Nayak, will be published by Penguin Random House India, in October this year. The book is being published with approval of the late actress’ husband, Boney Kapoor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sridevi: Girl Woman Superstar<\/em>\nchronicles Sridevi’s journey as an actress, who gained immense popularity and\nbecame the first female superstar, in a very patriarchal film industry, at a\ntime when women actresses were always the accessory of the leading men, but\nrarely the stars themselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The author of the book, Satyarth Nayak, said, \u2018I have always\nbeen a huge admirer of Sridevi and this book gave me the perfect opportunity to\ncelebrate the journey of India’s beloved screen goddess. It was wonderful\ninteracting with various film personalities that she worked with over the\nyears, and put together their memories and stories into a narrative that charts\nher saga from a child star to India’s first female superstar.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This book not only deals with her legendary innings in Hindi\nCinema, but also delves deep into her iconic body of work in Tamil, Telugu,\nMalayalam and Kannada cinema. “I am sure this comprehensive narrative on\nSridevi will be embraced by millions of her fans from across the globe.”\nadded the author. Sridevi: Girl, Woman, Superstar also gives you an insight\ninto Sridevi’s second innings in Bollywood, when she made a big comeback with\nGauri Shinde film, English Vinglish (2012). The actress passed away last year\non 24 February. On 13 August 2019, many members of the film fraternity\nremembered the actress, and paid homage to her on her birth anniversary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Talking about the book, Milee Ashwarya, Publisher, Ebury\nPublishing and Vintage Publishing, Penguin Random House India, said, \u2018Sridevi\nhas been the quintessential superstar… Few actors can match the screen\npresence, comic timing, versatility and beauty that she stood for. She left us\ntoo early but continues to live on in the hearts of millions of her fans.\nSridevi by Satyarth Nayak is a tribute to the actor and a gift for her fans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is Satyarth’s first non-fiction book. His debut novel,\nThe Emperor\u2019s Riddles, released in 2014 and his short stories have won the\nBritish Council Award and appeared in Sudha Murthy\u2019s Penguin anthology\nSomething Happened on the Way to Heaven.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sridevi: Girl Woman Superstar, a new book on actress Sridevi, written by author and screenwriter Satyarth Nayak, will be published by Penguin Random House India, in October this year. The book is being published with approval of the late actress’ husband, Boney Kapoor. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019 Sridevi: Girl Woman Superstar chronicles Sridevi’s journey […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":4817,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[462],"offerexpiration":[],"class_list":["post-4816","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-current-affairs-articles","tag-sridevi-girl-woman-superstar"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4816","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4816"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4816\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4818,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4816\/revisions\/4818"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4817"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4816"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4816"},{"taxonomy":"offerexpiration","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/offerexpiration?post=4816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}