Guest Appearance: Satyamev Jayate by Aamir Khan

Sridevi had appeared on Aamir Khan’s talk show Satyamev Jayate to surprise a fan of hers. An episode of the show’s first season, which aired in 2012, focused on child sexual abuse. During the episode, Sridevi made a surprise appearance to speak to one of the survivors, who was a fan of her films. In the episode, she called the person a real hero and even consoled him as he got upset. The gesture head earned the late actor a lot of love and appreciation from the fans. The talk show being aired on Star Plus and Doordarshan from May 6th, 2012 received positive response from viewers

In the episode, an individual named Harish had narrated his experience of having survived sexual abuse as a child. He also spoke about how Hindi films were something that gave him strength during that tough time, and how he liked Sridevi’s films. Aamir then told him that Sridevi was so moved by his video testimony that she came to meet him on the show.

Talking to Harish in Hindi, Sridevi said, “What you went through for 18 years, I cannot imagine any child going through it. You showed great strength in sharing all that with us. This may give strength to so many kids experiencing this same hell. That makes you a real hero.” She then gave him a few DVDs of her old films as a gift. Aamir applauded Sridevi’s gesture too as Harish admitted he was too tongue-tied to speak.

Later in the episode as a band played a special song in tribute to all the survivors present, Harish got emotional. Sridevi, who was seated next to him, held his hand and smiled at him. Sridevi btw wore Sabyasachi saree.