Sridevi “actress” smiled gently from the giant screens and so did “actor-producer” Shashi Kapoor as the Academy Awards 2018 remembered those who passed away in the year gone by, taking the fragile India-Oscar connect a step further.
Indian films have never won at the Oscars but that seemed to matter little today as millions of Indian fans woke up at the crack of dawn to watch the awards ceremony live from the Dolby Theatre — and sighed wistfully at the honourable mentions of two of Indian cinema’s greatest in the “In Memoriam” section.