Clergyman's

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.
- Vyjayanthimala

Sangam had many firsts. The first technicolour film, the first film to have two intervals — in a way I was a part of history.
- Vyjayanthimala

That's because I simply carried on dancing, . It was my first love, and thanks to my taskmaster of a grandmother , I had never stopped my Bharata Natyam.
- Vyjayanthimala

That's because I simply carried on dancing, . It was my first love, and thanks to my taskmaster of a grandmother , I had never stopped my Bharata Natyam.
- Vyjayanthimala

I was surrounded by dance, music and religious chants, so it was that kind of a mood. Our family was very culturally-minded, especially my grandmother. She was also quite the disciplinarian. She made sure I practiced daily for hours.
- Vyjayanthimala

I was surrounded by dance, music and religious chants, so it was that kind of a mood. Our family was very culturally-minded, especially my grandmother. She was also quite the disciplinarian. She made sure I practiced daily for hours.
- Vyjayanthimala

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.
- Vyjayanthimala

There were so many different characters that I have played. Radha in Sangam was a very sophisticated woman and the setting was very refined, while in Dhanno in Gunga Jumna was rustic, a village belle. Even the language was different.
- Vyjayanthimala

aAs a creative artiste dedicated to a spiritual art form I was deeply pained by the communal violence in Gujarat.
- Vyjayanthimala

aAs a creative artiste dedicated to a spiritual art form I was deeply pained by the communal violence in Gujarat.
- Vyjayanthimala