This day, that year... Running the blog for years finally paid off!
Got a call/e-mail from hope productions about English Vinglish. I chatted with two people before talking to this new gal in the industry... who went on to be one of the most decorated directors in Indian cinema Gauri-take-a-bow-you-gentle-genius- Shinde.
Weeks later, I flew down to Mumbai, met Gauri Shinde, met Sridevi... had an existential moment of all my dreams coming true all at once.
I rethink a million things now, I wish I had asked Sridevi... so many things. Instead of standing there like a bumbling blithering idiot. Ah. coulda woulda shoulda... so many things rework in my mind, especially now that her sudden gut-punch passing has left me bereft in ways I can't express. There were visions that we'd meet again (we did - in Macau).
I dreamed and had mood-board goals that we would collaborate on a cover shoot, we'd chat longer, speak in Tamil (I'd learn!) and ya know, replace Manish Malhotra as her new best friend. Sanity was a stranger after meeting Sri...
English Vinglish surpassed so many of my expectations. Meeting Sridevi was... surreal.
Having dedicated a chunk of my free time to ensure the factual legacy of an iconic Indian actress lives on, that the erosion of her memory with falsehoods and myth, does not occur, this page is entering its 24th year of existence. Every year, every few months a false report, image, newsbyte - with zero-fact checking, veracity or editing - goes viral. It's unfair and deceptive to do that to the enduring memory of a legend who gave 50 of her 54 years on earth to Indian cinema.
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