Sridevi's name on merry-go-round

At the dawn of 1980s, small Ferris wheels became a rage among couples at Marina beach in Madras. A unique feature of these wheels was the star names their seats bore. Most of them where either labelled Kamal-Sridevi or Rajini-Sridevi. The man could be either Kamal or Rajini but the woman could be only Sridevi. Others would be Sivaji-Vanisri, MGR-Latha, etc.

Merry Go Round or Carousel is a amusement ride often witnessed in temple functions and exhibitions in India. The merry-go-round we see in our temple functions were very small in size and can only accommodate children.

The merry-go-round have cars or rockets designed as seat for the children. In cases of cars we can see the name of famous heroes and heroines of the time.

Long ago when I was a kid maybe in the year 1980 or 1981 I think, I enjoyed the merry-go-round, the mount is shaped as a car, in my car the name of the Hero and Heroine written was Kamal-Sridevi. And other three cars had Sivaji-Vanishri, Rajni-Sripriya and the last one was MGR-Latha.

- ROOP, srimgr.com