Sridevi to use her 'Japanese Roop Ki Rani avatar' to promote English Vinglish

Sridevi’s comeback film English Vinglish refuses to become a part of past history. In a renewed show of rejuvenated strength the film will now release on 27 May (2014) all over Japan in Japanese. And we aren’t talking about the original film being subtitled in Japanese. English Vinglish would now be dubbed into Japanese. So we’ll get to hear Sridevi speaking Japanese on screen for the first time. But the best is yet to come. The screen diva’s producer-husband Boney Kapoor has agreed to let the film’s producers Eros International use footage of Sridevi from his mammoth 1993 production Roop Ki Rani Choron Ka Raja dressed as a traditional Japanese woman in a kimono and with makeup that made her look strikingly Japanese. Confirming this Boney says, “Yes, there is a section in Roop Ki Rani Choron Ka Raja where Sri was dressed up as Japanese girl. She looks so authentic as a Japanese that I’ve offered to let the producers use those images of Sri to promote the film’s Japanese release.” Sridevi is ecstatic about the impact that English Vinglish has made globally. “After being widely released in Germany, Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan and now in Japan there surely is reason to feel proud and elated. It’s very heartening to see the film reach out to different countries and different groups of people.” Adds English Vinglish director Gauri Shinde, “I feel super-awesome. I was there for the promotions in Tokyo last year and I was completely overwhelmed. Seeing the response the distributors decided to increase the number of screens for release.”