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But first I was made to learn music, because music and dance go together. You can sing, but you can’t dance without music...

— Vyjayanthimala

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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.

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.

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