‘A role I was born to do’

ACTRESS Sonakshi Sinha, pictured, says it felt amazing to carry a film on her shoulders in Akira, a role she feels she was born to do.

At its trailer launch, Sonakshi, asked about carrying the film, said: “It feels more than great. It feels amazing, it feels that I was waiting for this moment and I was born to do this. It’s been hard work to look the way I did in the film.”

The film is directed by AR Murugadoss, who had previously directed Sonakshi in Holiday, which was a success at the box office.

About Murugadoss, Sonakshi said: “I really want to thank Murugadoss, who has worked with the best action heroes in our country. He trusted me. He’s a fantastic director. I was pleasantly surprised when he came to me with this film and said ‘We’ll turn it around and make it a women-centric, hard-hitting film about her character’.”

The film sees Sonakshi’s character coming to Mumbai from Jodhpur, where she gets into a tiff with the goons of the college she enrolls in.

The story is about her fight to survive the case, where the college people, a corrupt cop played by Anurag Kashyap and another cop (Konkona Sen Sharma) are components.

“It has got a couple of tracks and they are all interconnected in some way, so it’s a really cool Murugadoss-style thriller.

“I love to watch action films and be a part of them, so I was more than happy to do it. When I narrated the story to my mom and dad, they too liked it because it was a very good, gripping tale, a story of a single girl’s struggle and fight. Overall, the role is very powerful, so they were also happy, and there was no reason for me to say no to this film.”

Akira releases on September 2. – IANS