Yes, usually, that would put off any artiste. You may feel, 'What can anybody do in four days' time?' Knowing Jayaraj, I didn't take it lightly. I listened to the story, and when he narrated it, it didn't seem like it was a heroine-oriented film.

I don't look for heroine-oriented films. I look at a film as the larger plan. It matters to me if I can go about enhancing a good film. The main thing in the film is not the performer but the director. The performer is just a tool. You can turn out a fantastic performance and it can be absolutely erased on screen if it is not handled well.

I felt it was a different role for me, a tricky role. Then, I thought, let me do my basic homework; but I didn't! That was mainly because I don't belong to that category. I am busy, and I am not trained to do homework before. I belong to that tradition of artistes who don't do homework. I am a commercial artist who generally goes from set to set.