“Did you see the film? Did you like me?” This is not a query from a debutant. But from a celebrated actor who quit the industry at the peak of her career, returned in supporting roles and is now cherishing the role of a lifetime. Madhoo or Madhubala, as the South Indian audience knows her, is having her moment as her new movie Chinna Chinna Aasai is being loved by the audience.The actor with some of the biggest hits in Indian cinema in multiple languages – Phool Aur Kaante, Roja, Gentleman, Yodha, Diljale etc – is elated about the response to the film. Chinna Chinna Aasai, directed by debutant Varsha Vasudev, tenderly explores how companionship blooms between her character, Leela, a widow from Thanjavur, and Madhavan (Indrans), a retired teacher from Kerala, in Varanasi. Leela is there with a group of tourists, while Madhavan, a single father, is a frequent visitor since his daughter is learning Kathak in the city. When the brooding, gloomy Leela is separated from the tourist group, the affable and friendly Madhavan, comes to her help. They talk, rather Madhavan makes her talk, and his innocence and kindness win her over; a lot is said over silences and smiles and we see a poignant love story in the making.