Sridevi starrer English Vinglish is regarded as one of the best performances of her career. Directed by Gauri Shinde, the film followed Sridevi’s character Shashi Godbole who despite being a successful small entrepreneur has to navigate as a Non-English speaker in a family well-versed with the language. However, Shashi enrols in an English-speaking course to stop her husband and daughter from mocking her lack of English skills and gaining self-respect in the process. As the critically and commercially successful film completes 10 years, Gauri reveals that the journey was an arduous one as the producers wanted an item number by Sridevi as well as a male superstar.
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Adding to this, Gauri disclosed further, “They wanted a superstar as her husband, then said we should not shoot in New York. They wanted me to compromise, and then they wanted Sridevi to dance because she is Sridevi. They thought she should do an item song. I said I would rather put the film aside and not make it. Then Balki (R Balki, filmmaker-husband) decided to produce it ourselves, and that’s how our production house was formed.”
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