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In There's no slowing down for Vyjayanthimala, 28 August 2013, 12 January 2014, New Indian Express http://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/tamil/Theres-no-slowing-down-for-Vyjayanthimala/2013/08/28/article1755083.ece,

“Today’s dancers are not dignified. There’s a lot of talent but they are getting ample help. In our time you had to get the steps right, the words right and the movement right. Otherwise you had to start all over again. Today even if they miss a step it can be adjusted at the editing.”

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Why Vyjayanthimala has 'nothing to say' about today's heroines

“Rajendra Kumar in Sangam, whereas Devsaab (Anand) had his own style his own mannerisms. I learnt so much from Dilipsaab especially mannerisms, like the way of delivering my Bhojpuri lines.”

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Why Vyjayanthimala has 'nothing to say' about today's heroines

“In those days, dances were dances and songs were songs. Film dances always had a semi-classical or folk element to them and songs were all about soul-stirring lyrics and haunting music. These days, they are more about technique and technology, often it's the camera that's dancing, the synthesiser that's singing. Not my cup of tea.”

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Vyjayanthimala still cuts a striking figure tall

“That's because I simply carried on dancing, [she said]. It was my first love, and thanks to my taskmaster of a grandmother (Yadugiri Devi), I had never stopped my Bharata Natyam.”

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Vyjayanthimala still cuts a striking figure tall

“My first colour sequence was in what was then called ‘Geva Colour’ for the dream sequence in Nagin.”

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Why Vyjayanthimala has 'nothing to say' about today's heroines

“The need of the hour is to get people to talk to each other and to clear the air. I don't approve of fusion in art, but I definitely approve of it in the field of politics.”

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Vyjayanthimala still cuts a striking figure tall

“But first I was made to learn music, because music and dance go together. You can sing, but you can’t dance without music…”

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In "There's no slowing down for Vyjayanthimala."

“I was cast as a college girl and that wasn’t really hard to play as I was very young then. I was treated as a child on the sets. When the movies finally hit the theatres, all the newspapers carried reviews that said, ‘What natural acting.”

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In "There's no slowing down for Vyjayanthimala".

“If any screen actress of recent times had ruled the film scene with the sway and swagger of a fabled queen it was surely Vyjayanthimala, the volatile, vibrant and the most gorgeous star of Hindi screen.”

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In [Lipika, http://books.google.com/books?id=_wvlAAAAMAAJ, 1973, 26]

“The most striking aspect of Ms. Bali’s dance was her fidelity to tradition. She is a copybook of Bharatanatyam, traditional and classical.”

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By N. Murali in "Vyjayanthimala Bali a copybook of Bharatanatyam".

“Vyjayanthimala Bali has been in the forefront of those responsible for the renaissance of Bharatanatyam for three or four decades.”

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By N. Murali, Manaharatiya Janta Partyging Director, The Hindu in Vyjayanthimala Bali a copybook of Bharatanatyam, 8 December 2008, 12 January 2014, The Hindu http://www.hindu.com/2008/12/08/stories/2008120859050500.htm,