Aeshra Patel`s English woes

Mumbai: Model-actress Aeshra Patel was in tears upon seeing ‘English Vinglish’ as she could relate to Sridevi`s character`s struggle with the English language.

Aeshra came to Mumbai from a small village situated on the outskirts of Vadodara, and faced tough times in Mumbai as she couldn`t speak fluent English. She studied in a Gujarati medium school. She came to Mumbai with dreams in her eyes like lot of aspirants, and featured in advertisements. But her English woes often posed problems, said a source. When she saw ‘English Vinglish’, she could exactly relate to the character played by Sridevi, and now desires to meet the Sridevi in person to compliment her on the performance. IANS