Sridevi 'makes Hindi film comeback'

Sridevi is rumoured to be making a return to Indian cinema.
The Lamhe actress is said to be playing a lead role in a project produced by R Balki and directed by Gauri Shinde.

A source for Mumbai Mirror commented: "Balki and Gauri have worked very hard on this subject for the past few months and are now ready to roll. [Sridevi] loved Balki and Gauri's film offer. She requested all her friends and relatives to keep it under wraps."

The Mr India star is also reported to have started fitness training in preparation for the role: "Sridevi is very excited about her comeback. She has hit the gym and is regularly going to a nutritionist to get into shape," the source added.

Filming on the as-yet-untitled project will commence in April.

Belly-dance with the NAGIN song, original

The song ‘Main Teri Dushman…’ from Nagina (1986) was used to perform in the video Belly-dance with the NAGIN song in the last post. The Belly-dancer performs reasonably well, though she lacks the facial expressions best portrayed by Sridevi in the original. Also, her dance also seems far better than the belly dancer’s presentation. It can also be noted that some of Sridevi’s moves are similar to moves in Arab belly dance. This in fact corroborates the saying that belly-dance is a misnomer for what is actually traditional Middle Eastern dance (especially Raqs Sharqi), also called Middle Eastern dance or Arabic dance in the West, or by the Greco-Turkish term çiftetelli.