Sridevi

While coming back home from a relatives' house, my thoughts drifted towards actress Sridevi. I remembered a recent photograph of her, in which I think she was with Boney Kapoor. (I sometimes wonder if that picture was of her, although I do vaguely remember it was of her). I was wondering why she made such a choice of having relationship with Boney kapoor. It was disconcerting. And then it suddenly dawned on me that I had always imagined her as a strong (by this I neither mean strong-willed nor arrogant nor being a feminist), intelligent and a woman of purpose (thanks to the movies, of-course :) ). To see her as having an affair and in a sense being frail I felt confused. It kind of echoes of a Hollywood actress who was battered by her boyfriend and still choose to go to be with him. The actresses are not what they are on screen. They are not larger-than-life. They are somehow as frail as I am!