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Director Shekhar Kapur, on the event of late actress Sridevi’s sixtieth delivery anniversary, took a stroll down reminiscence lane. On August 13, whereas wishing the legend, the filmmaker wrote an in depth word, revealing a behind-the-scenes incident related to the 1987 movie’s hit observe Kate Nahin Kat Te. Shekhar Kapur dropped an exquisite nonetheless of Sridevi, carrying the long-lasting blue chiffon saree, from the music video, and claimed that the 2 promised one another to collaborate on “at least one more film, after Mr India, if not more”. The filmmaker started his transferring put up by saying, “Happy Birthday Sridevi … wherever you are . We promised each other at least one more film, after Mr India, if not more. But you left us. Left us with broken hearts and amazing memories.”

Recalling the filming days of Kate Nahin Kat Te,Shekhar Kapur revealed that Sridevi was attempting to cover from him as she was “in numbing pain” as a consequence of a “high fever”. He added that even after your entire Mr India crew suggested her to relaxation, Sridevi made Kate Nahin Kat Te choreographer late Saroj Khan “swear” that she would not reveal her well being situation to the director. Shekhar Kapur solely obtained to learn about Sridevi’s well being situation after they completed taking pictures for the long-lasting tune. Shekhar Kapur added, “I remember the days we were filming this iconic song, the iconic image of ‘I Love you’… you hid from me that you were running a high fever… and you were in numbing pain… That everyone advised you to rest, and certainly not allow yourself to get wet, that you could land up being seriously ill… I only found out from our choreographer Saroj Khan after we had finished shooting. You made her swear she wouldn’t tell me…

The filmmaker added, “I remember the days we shot, take after take, day after day. And you would come up to me after every shot…‘It’s ok na ?… you sure … pucca? Shall we do it again? I can see in your eyes you are not fully satisfied’.  And all the time you were burning with fever and in a lot of pain…That’s what you did throughout Mr India…you had that instinct of knowing whether I was completely happy with your shot or not…even with a flick of my eyes…”

Shekhar Kapur revealed that the legendary actress would see within the eyes of the director whether or not he’s proud of the shot or not. Shekhar Kapur mentioned, “You would search in my eyes to see if there was a hint of a doubt… so no wonder your performance in Mr India still stands out as one of the most iconic performances in Hindi films of all time…We miss you, Sri…”

Starring Anil Kapoor and Sridevi in lead roles, Mr India stays one of many greatest crowd-pullers in Indian movie historical past. The movie, which was launched in May 1987, additionally featured Satish Kaushik and Amrish Puri. Mr India marked Shekhar Kapur’s second directorial venture after the 1983 movie Masoom.

Sridevi died in 2018. She is survived by her husband Boney Kapoor and two daughters Khushi Kapoor and Janhvi Kapoor.

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