Theatre and television actor Manish
Gandhi is super excited about ‘English Vinglish’. No, he isn’t starring in the film but he confesses that he has been in love with Sridevi for as long as he can remember.
“When I was younger, my parents asked me, ‘What is the one thing you want in life?’ ‘To share screen space with Sridevi,’ was my response. I’m in love with her. She has inspired me in life. I cried when she married Boney Kapoor!” he says, though now with a laugh!
“Now that English Vinglish will release and she’s back to acting, my hopes have been raised! Her comic timing, her madness, the way she delivers her dialogues despite not being too fluent with Hindi is just amazing,” he adds.
Has he ever met her? “I had hoped to last year in Pune when she was shooting for English Vinglish with Adil Hussain, my acting professor at FTII! Unfortunately, I couldn’t,” he says, adding, “In fact, I’m doubly excited about the film because it stars my favourite actress and favourite teacher.” Another actress who this young actor loves is Meryl Streep. “See Iron Lady and then Julie and Julia. I feel so small after watching her performance. She’s too versatile,” he says. (TNN)
