Gauri Shinde’s English Vinglish is a film that has opened linguistic doors in its scriptural context by showing the protagonist overcoming her inhibitions regarding the English language. But the film seems to be crossing the language barrier beyond the screenplay. We now hear <em>English Vinglish</em> is being dubbed into German and released in the country next month.

“So now we know why the Padma Sri was named what it was,” we joked with Sridevi when her name was announced for the National honour. The Bollywood diva, who lately made a comeback to acting after 16 years of domesticity, laughed pleasurably and said, “It’s my good fortune that people still love me and want me on screen. The Padma Sri came as a very pleasant surprise. I am deeply honoured. I don’t know what I did to deserve it. But I must have done something right to be honoured by our government.”