Sequels have made smashhits into huge franchises.Batman, Spiderman,Superman… man man man!Now, welcome the biggestsequel to the smashest hitwoman of Indian cinema.Sridevi-2.While Gauri was busy writingand directing EnglishVinglish, I was serving coffee,watching Sri perform andthinking to myself about theconcept of human franchise.What does it take an actor tobe a phenomenon? And a phenomenon2?It’s actually very very simple.Anybody can be Sridevi.Here’s how. Be born withACT+ blood group. Start actingat the age of 3 or max 4.Preserve your basic intelligenceat all costs. Don’t complicateinstinct with too much knowledge.Love acting. Keep acting.Don’t analyse your gift. Growup.
Forget birthdays. Adjustyour dates betweenRajinikanth, Kamal Haasan,NTR, Nageshwara Rao,Chiranjeevi….etc etc. Betweenall the dancing, jumping andafter every fifth commercialblockbuster, slam the audiencewith a breathtakingly sensitiveperformance or through divinecomic timing. Have thecourage of conviction to turnthe north into the south. Dothe same things… follow thesame rules and conquer therest of the country. Commanda price equal to the country’stop heroes and command therespect given to the country’sfinest actors.
Be right on top.And stop. Get married to aman with a heart the size ofPunjab. Allow luck to play apart in your life for once andintroduce yourself to somebodyas wonderful as Boney.Have two gorgeous littledaughters. Go to the marketeveryday, buy fish personallyand put all your energies toproduce a film called family.Just be on a broccoli diet whilethey feast. Watch movies everydayfor 14 years.
Love everybody.Be a simple humannobody. Out of the blue, oneday, accidentally, feed a beardedman and his wife some fantasticsouth Indian food.Like the wife more. Listento a story. And ask “When arewe starting?”Steps to be an astronomicalhuman franchise. Sridevi 2.After just 15 years. Bigger.Better. Younger.English Vinglish, producedby R Balki and ErosInternational, releases today.
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