Sridevi with Suhasini Maniratnam: Sridevi on Tamil talk show

Former colleagues, contemporaries, friends. Suhasini (wife of director Mani Ratnam) and Sridevi go a long way back. 

During the barrage of English Vinglish pre-release interviews, Sridevi did her most relaxed, informative, reflective chat with her long-time friend Suhasini, for a Tamil TV chat show. Their conversation, entirely in Tamil, was lovely and a visibly more collected and comfortable Sridevi spoke freely as never before.

As Suhasini said, "Sri, you left the Tamil industry as a princess... and have come back as a Queen."

Many have wondered why Mani Ratnam and Sridevi have never worked together - and as fans, the collaborative work between the great director and the actress would be a dream come true. 

But... as Mani Ratnam said in an interview (think it was with Filmfare), he was not a fan of Sridevi's work in Hindi films and he stated that she had done "greater work in Tamil cinema". Hmm. 

Hope he sees English Vinglish (which is truly brilliant) and reconsiders working with her in her second inning.  

PS: Anyone have access to this interview? Or a full translation and transcript of it?