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Life's about laughter
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The `Manmadha Raasa' girl is on a roll
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No starry airs, heavy-duty statements or celebrity tantrums. The cool, soft spoken beauty, clad in a light blue salwar kameez, sits on the set, immersed in a comic book, which co-star Prithviraj describes as her `staple diet'. Chaya Singh, who had danced her way into a million hearts with that smashing number `Manmadha Raasa... ' with Dhanush in the film `Thiruda Thirudi', is all smiles on hearing the remark.
"I don't understand novels, so I prefer reading comics," she says. Her association with Malayalam films started with "Mullavalliyum Thenmavum".
Is the real Chaya Singh as bubbly as her characters in the movies? "I am not," she says candidly, without batting an eyelid. "But I love to make others laugh."
Chaya grew up in Bangalore where she was studying for her Plus Two when the tryst with the movie world happened. "I wanted to try modelling and soon, I got an offer for acting in a Kannada television serial. I shot for three days but was thrown out of the project. It was then that I decided to make it big in films. My first film, "Munnudi" got national recognition and the success of films such as "Tuntaata" with Anirudh did wonders to my career. Even the director who had thrown me out from the serial, called me for his movie. The editor of "Tuntaata" suggested my name to the makers of "Thiruda Thirudi" and the film turned out to be a real blockbuster."
Superhit number
Did she think "Manmadha Raasa... " would turn out to be such a rage?
"Never. The song was picturised in Kolar in scorching heat. It was shot just like any other song."
How was it working with Dhanush? "He was really nice. As "Kaathal Kondein" had not released then, he was not the kind of sensation that he is now."
Chayahas done a song sequence in "Thiruppachi". Her next big project is "Solli Adipein" with Vivek.
VIJAY GEORGE
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