Kavya Suresh gets lucky with ‘Thirumanam’
in ‘Thirumanam’. Kavya Suresh is clearly destiny’s favourite child. Sometimes knocking on the wrong door could turn out to be the right one in life. Suresh recently knocked on the wrong door while visiting her choreographer friend Sajna Najam on the sets.
The wrong door turned out to be a door of opportunity in Tamil cinema. Director Cheran, four-time recipient of the Indian National Award, was staying inside the first room. Suresh met him a little later when Sajna introduced her to the director-actor. And Cheran was keen on taking her in his new film. A photo-shoot followed and before she knew it, Suresh bagged the lead role in Thirumanam.
“I was the last one to join the team, exactly a week before shooting began,” laughed Suresh, who has acted in two Malayalam films, Ore Mukham and Kamuki.
In Thirumanam, a family drama, she plays Adhira and stars opposite Umapathy Ramiah (son of actor Thambi Ramiah). Ramiah plays Mahesh, a radio jockey.
“Adhira is the girl next door. She works as a sales girl in a store,” said Kavya Suresh. “An independent thinker, she places her family before everything else.”
Thirumanam talks about the constitution of marriage, especially the big fat Indian wedding where money is splurged.
“Every character will be relatable to the audience,” she said.
Working with Cheran was a learning experience, she added. “He was calm and let me take any number of takes for a scene. His tips on acting helped in improving my performance,” said Suresh.
Thirumanam, produced by Premnath Chidambaram, releases in the UAE tomorrow.