Bhanupriya

 Telugu actress Bhanupriya 

Bhanupriya

 

Jeetendra with Bhanupriya

Jeetendra with Bhanupriya. 

Bhanupriya in white: Jeetendra looking for a Sridevi replacement

Bhanupriya in white: Jeetendra looking for a Sridevi replacement 

Bollywood Brides: Ladies in red

 

Bhanupriya and Jeetendra: 80s in Bollywood

 Bhanupriya and Jeetendra: 80s in Bollywood. 

 Sridevi once said in an interview that luck is also a factor in success in films. You can be talented, beautiful, a good actress and dancer, but if luck isn't with you, it means nothing. Bhanupriya had all the right ingredients, she even looked a bit like Sridevi in the early years, styled as such almost identically, but box-office didn't favour her. As fate would have it, she found great roles and career down south. And awards galore too. 

Bhanupriya in the 1980s in Bollywood

Bhanupriya in the 1980s in Bollywood 
 

Bhanupriya: 80s in Bollywood

Bhanupriya: 80s in Bollywood 

Bhanupriya in Tamacha

 

Bhanupriya

The Telugu star actress looked like an interest mix of Rekha and  Sridevi. Though she found limited success in Bollywood, her career was stellar in Tamil and Telugu films. 

When Sridevi got too busy and expensive, Bhanupriya was part of the bandwagon dragged in to find 'the next Sridevi'. Along with Radha and other south Indian dancing stars who never had lady luck sit by their side in Hindi movies. 

Sridevi had famously said, there are several Indian actresses who were good looking, talented, hard-working but if luck didn't favour them, they didn't make it big in Bollywood - which only worships success far more than talent. Well, especially in the Reaganomics of the 80s in B'wood. 
 

Jeetendra and Bhanupriya

 

Hey, You're NOT Sridevi: Bhanupriya steps in for Sri!

 Hey, You're NOT Sridevi: Bhanupriya 

Bhanupriya: The OG Sridevi replacement. That didn't.

 Bhanupriya: The OG Sridevi replacement. That didn't. 

Bhanupriya and Jeetendra in Tamacha: 7 Films of Bhanupriya and Jeetendra

Bhanupriya

Tamacha was released in theaters on March 26, 1988. Bhanupriya, born on January 15, 1967,, was just 20 years old when filming Tamacha (which shot through 1987) and 21 years old when it hit theaters in early 1988.   

Tamacha was an average performer at the box office (it was neither a major hit nor a total flop). Bhanupriya worked with Jeetendra in 7 Hindi films:   Dosti Dushmani (1986)   Insaaf Ki Pukar (1987)   Khudgarz (1987)   Mar Mitenge (1988)   Tamacha (1988)   Dav Pech (1989)   Zahreelay (1990)

Out of the 7 films that Bhanupriya and Jeetendra appeared in together, 3 were box-office hits (with 1 additional film reaching semi-hit/average status):

• Hit / Above Average (3 films):

  • Dosti Dushmani (1986) – Hit

  • Insaaf Ki Pukar (1987) – Hit

  • Khudgarz (1987) – Hit

• Semi-Hit / Average (1 film):

  • Mar Mitenge (1988) – Semi-Hit

• Below Average / Flops (3 films):

  • Tamacha (1988) – Average / Below Average

  • Dav Pech (1989) – Flop

  • Zahreelay (1990) – Flop

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Percentage of Success

• Clean Hits Success Rate: 42.86% (3 out of 7 films)

• Overall Commercial Success Rate (including Semi-Hit/Average): 57.14% (4 out of 7 films)

Bhanupriya

Bhanupriya! The southern belle who hit Bollwood soon after Sridevi. The resemblance was striking... but Bhanupriya didn't make as much of a mark in Bollywood like Sridevi did. Instead, Bhanupriya did many iconic Tamil films down south and established herself.

Bhanupriya - the Bollywood years

Mithun and Bhanupriya

 

Mithun and Bhanupriya