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How did you get your first Tamil film, Ayya?

Since Chandramukhi was announced, I feel everybody forgot my first Tamil film!

It happened when I was shooting in Ottappalam for Shaji Kalias' Naatturajavu. My manager called me from Chennai and told me that Hari sir (director of the blockbuster, Saami, with Vikram) wanted to meet me. It seems he saw my photographs in a Malayalam film magazine.

As the schedule of Naatturajavu was tight, I said I could not come to Chennai right then. Then, Hari sir and my manager came to meet me at the location in Ottappalam. In between the shots, I ran up to Hari sir and he narrated the storyline of Ayya. There, itself, he gave me the schedule and other details of the film.

Reportedly, when you were signed to act in Manassinakkare, you didn't know who Sheela was!

It's true! My father was an Indian Air Force officer. I spent my childhood away from Kerala. I didn't have much exposure to South Indian films. I knew only the names of Mohanlal, Mammootty, Jayaram and Suresh Gopi. All I saw were Hindi films.

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