My husband Balki has been a very supportive homemaker," said Shinde whose film marks Sridevi's comeback on silver screen after 15 years.
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Thankfully, the home is largely taken care of. But for now I've transferred my penchant for perfection to my movies. "I've an obsession with perfection even at home. I wanted to make a film about a woman who overcomes her insecurities.Īd filmmaker Gauri Shinde, who is bringing the story of an Indian housewife battling language problem in the US in her directorial debut English Vinglish, feels blessed to have a husband like R. A: I didn't consciously make a woman-centric film.Q: Would your next film also have a woman protagonist?.Of course good films are happening today also, but not enough. Somewhere I think our cinema lost that search for identity that made films like Arth and Bhumika so memorable. Such great progressive scripts were written. I loved that era in the 1980s of Shabana Azmi and Smita Patil. A: Of course, I am influenced by all that absorbed in cinema and life during my growing up years.Q: 20 years ago Shabana Azmi discovered that sense of the self in a housewife when she did Arth.If I can find even 50 women who empathise with the film, who seek out a sense of the self and are encouraged to change their lives, I'd feel the film has worked. A: Why only them? I think wives anywhere would connect with the theme.Q: Would this film have a deeper connect with women from the less developed parts of India?.Why is it when men do what women do quite quietly, it becomes such a big deal? I don't see any big deal if he is supportive while I make a film. But I am not too fond of headlines that praise him for being such a patnivrata (devoted husband). And that's a blessing in this male-dominated society. Q: Both Boney Kapoor and Balki seem very supportive of Sridevi.My husband Balki has been a very supportive homemaker. For now, it's okay if the bookshelf is not dusted. I don't like a single speck of dust anywhere. A: I've an obsession with perfection even at home.Q: What about you? You too have a home to run while making a movie?.Only a great artiste can bring that level of fluency to her performance. When she is on camera, she's completely there. She is too committed to her character to cheat on it. A: Don't forget women make magnificent multi-taskers.Q: Sridevi, now a mother of two, so was she able to surrender herself completely to the camera?.Right now I am only thinking of getting the film ready for release. Maybe when the release is even closer, I'll feel the stress. But when I'm asked about it, I do feel the pressure. A: I haven't allowed myself to think about it.Does that put an extra responsibility on your directorial debut? Q: English Vinglish raises a lot of expectations because it's Sridevi's comeback vehicle.Why is it when men do what women do quite quietly, it becomes such a big deal?" She adds that Balki supportive nature is a blessing in this male-dominated society, but at the same time she said: "I am not too fond of headlines that praise him for being such a patni-vrata (devoted husband).
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