Oscar nominated Director Shekhar Kapur's tribute to Sridevi

Oscar nominated Director Shekhar Kapur's tribute to Sridevi was posted last night on his official Instagram account, along with a picture of himself with the actress on the sets of Joshilaay. We had no idea the gravely serious director had such a fun side. Early days - happy days. Excerpt,

Shekhar Kapur writes, "This was my first day of shoot with Sridevi ever. We were shooting a song in Mahabaleshwar. And when she started to dance the world stopped for all of us .. the only thing that moved was Sri Devi dancing ..

We all just gawked. It was like another being had descended amongst us .. and I even forgot to say Cut ! Like everyone else in the set .. we were too mesmerised by Sridevi ‘s dancing ..

There were other things about Sridevi that are not spoken about .. that she was fiercely loyal .. when the film got into trouble .. she would take any chance she got to protect me .. speak about how incredible I was .. she took it upon herself to fiercely protect her Director ..

Yet behind her stardom .. behind her incredible talent .. lay such innocence .. such vulnerability..

And she would use not only her talent to perform .. but bring to it her vulnerability and innocence to it too. As if the only person she would express her inner feelings to was the camera .. her protector in a way ..

That’s why she was such a star .. she was not afraid to reveal her inner self to the Camera ..

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