Actress ‘not star-struck by Bollywood
SHRADDHA Srinath will be making her Bollywood debut in Milan Talkies, but she is not “star-struck” about the glitz and glamour of the Hindi film industry. The actress says she has good work in the southern film industry, and would tread the path in Bollywood very cautiously.
Shraddha, pictured, has worked in Kannada and Tamil films, with projects like U Turn, Kaatru Veliyidai and The Villain to her credit.
“The first step is to wait till Milan Talkies is out. Some calls have come but I can’t take that too seriously. I want people to watch me perform, and see how I look on the big screen, and then call me,” Shraddha said
“I am in no rush. There is enough work down south. I am going to take it easy. I am not someone who is star-struck about Bollywood. For me, the idea is to pick wisely, regardless of the language. My stories mean the world to me. Pink.
Getting into films was never a part of Shraddha’s plan. She rejected the idea because of her looks and went on to study law.
“The only reason why I rejected the idea of films was because I thought I was not fit for films. I was this chubby girl with curly hair, and dusky. And I was happy eating my food and not doing any exercise.
“Films were not in the pipeline. I was like ‘I am not glamorous enough. I am not beautiful enough to be an actor’. This was the only reason why I never considered films,” she said.
By the end of college, she knew that law was not for her and her heart belonged to acting. The actress said the transition into acting from the law world might seem drastic, but she believes it was pre-written at “some cosmic level”.
At the moment, she is looking forward to the release of Milan Talkies, directed by National Awardwinning film-maker Tigmanshu Dhulia. It also stars Ali Fazal, Ashutosh Rana and Sikander Kher.
The film tells a love story set in Uttar Pradesh around 2010-2013.