How did Sasi come to choose you for the role of Thulasi?
He wanted a person with the girl-next door looks who could also act. Plus, he wanted someone relatively new. In other words, a girl without baggage.
How did you approach the role? Incidentally this is your first film as a full-fledged heroine. Your performance as Thulasi was praised. People have even said that you are like a whiff of fresh air. Did you do any homework for this role?
In Danger, I had to be myself while in AMAV I had control over my performance.
But with Sasi I was in totally uncharted waters. I was not even born at the time the movie is set (1980). It was a deglamorised role (not that I am a glamorous person).
Initially it was hell to get into the groove of the character. Sasi is a man of few words. But he was in full control and knew what he wanted. It was difficult and we did a lot of trials. After a week, things fell in place.
In the second schedule, Sasi let go a bit and he would give me some freedom as he was confident that I had a clear picture. I did not do any homework. My acting was based on what Sasi wanted -- so there was more spontaneity on the sets.
Being the heroine of the movie has not changed me. On the day of the audio release, my cameraman told me that I should stop running around and start behaving like a heroine. I didn’t feel things had changed or have changed even now.
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