Lighting up the way
> Actress Sangeeta Krishnasamy took time off to talk about her career and to wish readers of Hindu faith a happy Deepavali together with the Temple of Fine Arts
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“It was the best thing I’ve ever done in my life,” she said. “The acting course [got rid of] all the inhibitions I never thought I had.”
Her mentor, Joe Hasham, kept pushing her to attend auditions, and she eventually landed a plum role as an unwed mother in the Tamil series Manippu in 2009. Her performance got her noticed, and more roles started coming her way.
“I’m Anak Malaysia,” she says. “I will act in any [local] film, and in any language. I am even willing to act in a Chinese film if the director is willing teach me the language.”
Asked about her personal life, Sangeeta admits that she’s dating a fellow ‘entertainment personality’.
But she adds that right now, marriage is far from her mind.
“I have a very supportive partner,” she says. “Since he is [also] from the entertainment industry, he understands my busy routine, and I can always talk to him whenever I face problems in my career.”
Asked her plans for the Festival of Lights (which falls tomorrow), Sangeeta says this year, she intends to spend more time with her family.
She adds: “In the last few years, I have been putting my work before my family, and they have been seeing less of me. I want to change that this Deepavali.”
She is even taking time to make Deepavali sweets with her aunties.
Sangeeta also sadly misses spending Deepavali with her grandmother, Madam Alagammal, who passed away in 2006. “She had a strong personality,” Sangeeta recalls. “She would ensure that we had our new festive dresses, and that we looked good for Deepavali. She taught me how to cook. “She always brought our family together. “Deepavali is a time for us to [celebrate] the triumph of good over evil, and for us to find opportunities to help others.” With Deepavali just round the corner, we ask if Sangeeta is willing to do a photo shoot together with dancers from the Temple of Fine Arts in Kuala Lumpur to wish all theSun readers of the Hindu faith a happy Deepavali.
Special thanks to Sangeeta as well as The Temple of Fine Arts and its dancers – Purnima Segaran, Harshini Sukumaran, Shonabushani Velusamay and Ananga Manjari – for making this photo shoot possible.
Stylist & Make-up for Sangeeta: Krishan Bahdur
Outfit for Sangeeta: Ardana Haran
Choreographer: Shankar Kandasamy from The Temple of Fine Arts