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Vyjayanthimala (born 13 August 1933), is an Indian film actress. She is one of the most prominent actresses of the golden era; Bharatha Natyam dancer, Carnatic singer, dance choreographer, golfer and Parliamentarian.
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I always cribbed about having such a long name and my grandmother would say that nobody else will be called ‘Vyjayanthimala'.
If Bharatanatyam helped my movies, I cannot say the same about films helping my Bharatanatyam.
She says she was the only south Indian actress who could speak Hindi without a South Indian accent, at the time.
I think I was born to dance. That’s what my grandmother told me. So it was always in my system.
But first I was made to learn music, because music and dance go together. You can sing, but you can’t dance without music...
Of course, there's also politics — "though far less so than before," admitted the three-time MP, who now is a member of the BJP.
That's because I simply carried on dancing, [she said]. It was my first love, and thanks to my taskmaster of a grandmother (Yadugiri Devi), I had never stopped my Bharata Natyam.
There were no acting schools or workshops then. What came naturally to you, is all you had. But Bharata Natyam taught me everything.
I don’t know if I am wrong, but singing slightly out of sur is also in vogue these days. And these pelvic movements and gestures are too much for me.
My first colour sequence was in what was then called ‘Geva Colour’ for the dream sequence in Nagin.
Sangam had many firsts. The first technicolour film, the first film to have two intervals — in a way I was a part of history.
As it is, being a South Indian I used to say my own lines and everybody marveled at it, and then to learn Bhojpuri... Dilipsaab was very helpful.
The need of the hour is to get people to talk to each other and to clear the air. I don't approve of fusion in art, but I definitely approve of it in the field of politics.
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