Three
years
ago,
today
(February
24),
one
of
the
most
iconic
actresses
of
the
Hindi
film
industry
Sridevi
breathed
her
last,
and
left
a
void
which
no
one
can
ever
fill.
On
her
third
death
anniversary,
producer
Manoj
Desai
who
bankrolled
Khuda
Gawah
featuring
Amitabh
Bachchan
and
Sridevi
in
the
lead
roles,
reminisced
about
the
golden
days
when
the
film
hit
the
theatres
and
how
moviegoers
went
berserk
over
Sridevi
and
Big
B.
While
speaking
to
TOI,
Manoj
Desai
said,
"Amit
ji
was
as
usual
excellent
and
the
more
I
say
about
him,
the
less
it
will
be.
Coming
to
Sridevi,
she
was
a
craze
and
talent
that
no
heroine
of
today
will
ever
match.
Not
just
in
'Khuda
Gawah',
almost
in
every
film
of
hers
people
threw
soft
drink
bottles
when
she
appeared
on
screen
and
of
course
the
noise
created
by
the
whistles
and
claps
was
so
deafening
that
you
could
hardly
hear
anything."
Speaking
about
Sridevi,
he
further
said
that
she
was
a
perfectionist.
She
often
asked
for
more
takes,
and
as
a
producer,
it
made
him
angry,
but
now
he
understands
her
involvement
in
the
film.
In
2013,
while
speaking
to
a
leading
daily,
Manoj
Desai
had
confirmed
that
he
was
working
on
the
sequel
of
Khuda
Gawah.
When
asked
why
it
never
happened,
he
said
that
he
wanted
Amitabh
Bachchan
and
Sridevi
to
play
parents
in
the
sequel,
and
they
would
have
a
daughter
in
the
story
which
would
have
been
played
by
someone
younger.
"I
had
even
spoken
to
Sridevi
about
it.
But
samay
nikal
gaya
and
before
we
culminated,
she
passed
away.
Amit
ji
and
I
were
standing
there
when
Boney
Kapoor
looked
at
Sridevi's
mortal
remains
and
said:
You
went
away,
the
'Khuda
Gawah'
sequel
could
not
be
made.
I
used
to
call
her
'Didi'.
It
was
a
personal
loss," said
Desai
with
a
heavy
heart.