The screen diva’s producer-husband Boney Kapoor has agreed to let the English Vinglish producers Eros International use footage of Sridevi from his mammoth production Roop Ki Rani Choron Ka Raja in which she is dressed as a traditional Japanese woman in a kimono and with make-up that made her look strikingly Japanese.

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,” she said.