Mumbai: When one of Bollywood's most successful leading ladies chooses your film to make a comeback, it turns up the pressure on the film-maker. But not so for director Gauri Shinde, who is making her debut film with Sridevi, whose last major role was in the 1997 film Judaai.
English Vinglish, which opens in cinemas next month, features the popular actress as a housewife insecure about her lack of fluency in English. Shinde, an ad film-maker married to a film director, spoke to Reuters about directing Sridevi, how her mother came up with the idea for English Vinglish and why knowing English shouldn't make one feel superior.
Q: Did you always want to make films?
A: "I wanted to be in films in whatever form towards the end of my college, when I did my mass comm. Advertising happened first and I have been an ad film-maker for quite a few years now. I knew that one day, when I have a great idea, I will make a film. It could have happened before also."...
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