Sridevipalooza--The Interviews

Sometimes trawling the depths of Youtube can really pay off.  I found an excellent interview with Sridevi on Doordarshan's Baaje Payal from 1994 which focuses on her dancing.  The interview is replete with clips and commentary from costars and choreographers (including Saroj Khan) commenting on the energy and emotion she put into her dancing.  There's also a fairly in-depth discussion about the animosity between Sridevi and Madhuri Dixit.  The interview is split between Hindi and English so it's easy enough to follow, and even if it weren't it's worth it for the film clips alone!

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Mayday, MAYDAY!

SOS guys.  S.  O.  S.

There are NO Sridevi movies streaming on Netflix.

What's a girl to do?!  I was all set to launch a night of Sridevi classics and now I have to wait three days for Netflix to mail a DVD to me.  Someone call the UN...this is definitely a human rights violation.

In the meantime, I'll be browsing Youtube for vids for tomorrow's Sridevipalooza post, and deciding which Sridevi film to pick out on Netflix.  I've narrowed the choices down to Judaai, Sadma, and Chandni.  Thoughts?

(I know which film Kajol would choose!)

Song of the Day--Main Teri Dushman (Nagina)

What a coincidence!  I've been listening to Main Teri Dushman on repeat for the last few days, ever since I read Sepia Mutiny's excellent post on Mallika Sherawat's Hisss.  And today I find out that Amaluu is hosting a Sridevi birthday celebration!  How perfect.  So in honor of the gorgeous Sridevi, here's the greatest take on the Cobra Dance I've ever seen on film:  Main Teri Dushman.

Film: Nagina
Directed by: Harmesh Malhotra
Music by: Laxmikant and Pyarelal
Starring: Sridevi, Amrish Puri, Rishi Kapoor, Prem Chopra

A Thought on Voices...

I wish I had the time to flesh this out a little more, but for now just a brief thought...

I had "Dhadhak Dhadhak" from Bunty aur Babli playing in the background and was vaguely lazing off into a nap, and woke myself up realizing that I'd just pictured the entire video for the song with Shahrukh as the star rather than Abhishek.  I guess I've gotten so used to hearing Udit Narayan sing for Shahrukh that regardless of who I knew the actual star to be, I only pictured the face that I associate with the voice.

Has that ever happened to anyone else?  Are there singers who will always correspond in your mind to a specific actor, no matter who they're actually singing for?

Found It! Mauli Dave's "Kem Che"

In an earlier post I mentioned Mauli Dave had done a bang up job covering "Usne Bola Kem Che" in her final appearance on Sa Re Ga Ma Pa (ohhhh how I love that show!) but couldn't seem to find a vid to prove it.  Turns out I had a vid of my own, buried in the dark recesses of my computer.  I love love LOVE her take on this.  She's clearly having a hell of a time up there on stage--everything is perfect, from her costume to her facial expressions.  Shekhar is definitely enjoying it, as is that day's guest (can someone please tell me who that is?  I thought it was Shekhar for the longest time...he's gorgeous!).