'If I'm playing Shah Rukh Khan's role, then of course, I would have loved to do it.'

Even when she was at the top of her game, Sridevi never took it for granted.

"I was busy with my films. I never relaxed. I never thought, 'Aah I'm at the top and nobody is there behind me. All the time I used to be on my toes," she had told Dinesh Raheja , then the editor of Movie magazine

We look back at Sridevi on her seventh death anniversary on February 24 with a throwback interview from 1994.

This was when Sridevi could look back on years of domination over Hindi cinema but also a time when she was fighting to keep her career at an even keel.

You have already achieved today, what most people aspire to in a lifetime. Now what? Are you complacent and coasting or still in the midst of the battlefield, fighting against the odds and seeking creative fulfillment?