Aishwarya Rai in Devdas

You may be wondering, dear reader, of the source of my admiration for Aishwarya Rai, formerly Miss World, now Mrs Bachchan.

It is one of those things that is better seen than described. Below
the cut is the film clip of the first scene I ever saw of a Bollywood
movie.

Now, to put yourself in the state of mind I was in, go watch all the
Fred Astaire/Ginger Rogers movies ever made, romantic, fair to the eye,
graceful, musical, lyrical. Then wait ten years, meanwhile watching the
ugliest and loudest MTV style quick-cut videos ever made, preferably
starring Madonna flaunting her unimpressive bosom, so that you are
convinced that grace and beauty have disappeared from the Earth forever.

Then come across the following by accident.

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