Famous Fan: Sudeep on working with 'the' Sridevi in Puli (2015)

TBT: Sudeep talks about working with Sridevi, joining the long list of famous fans of Sridevi. 

Sudeep, "Srideviji is an epitome of perfection. Recently, when we were shooting for a scene together, I was noticing her minute expression. Suddenly, I realized that I didn't act. I was just standing watching her. I later had to re-shoot those portions. What came to my mind then was Mr.India. I've watched her films so many times and little did I wonder that I would be working with an icon. The way she has maintained herself, the aura she carries - she easily makes anybody feel old. Sometimes, you wish you aren't in the shot. On the first day of the shoot, she came up to me and said, "I saw Eega and you were wonderful.'. I was smiling so much that I didn't say anything..."

Sridevi and Sudeep in the Tamil film Puli (2015).

Shame the movie was rubbish and didn't measure up to Sri's... or anyone's standards. But have an inkling it has a fan base with a lot of young people, kids. We hated Chandra Mukhi - the Sridevi and Salman Khan film - but we found legions of fans of the film years later. Children who grew up watching the fantasy film. So ya never know...