When director Gauri Shinde featured international actors in her film English Vinglish, little did she imagine, that one day, her 100 plus crore Indian film that marked Sridevi’s return to the silver screen after a 15-year hiatus, would one day, set the cash registers ringing outside India.
More than a decade later, English Vinglish releases in 6000 theatres on the Chinese mainland. It is not easy to gain a foothold in the competitive Chinese movie market, the second largest in the world and what is praise worthy is that it is a woman-oriented film. If only Sridevi were there to see all this!