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On a comeback trail
Stunning Priya Mani is keen to succeed
Just when many thought she was fading into oblivion, Priya Mani made a stunning re-entry as a feisty village belle in ‘Paruthiveeran.’
The gap between ‘Adhu Oru Kana Kalam’ and ‘Paruthiveeran’ had been conspicuous. “I was on the look out for a good story line. Pardon the cliché. But that’s the truth,” she laughs. She wasn’t absent from film industry altogether either. She acted in three Telugu films, all of which did brisk business, and a Malayalam film.
Language has been no barrier for this Tamil-Malayalam girl who was brought up in Bangalore. “Knowing the language reduces a lot of headache apart from acting. Non-Tamil heroines mouth the dialogues in their own languages. I’ve seen directors who struggle to sync heroines’ lip movements during post production.”
Her foray into Malayalam movies through ‘Sathyam,’ cast opposite Prithviraj, gave her enough room for histrionics. “Personally, I find the Malayalam film industry much stronger than Telugu and Tamil. The industry demands you to play your character subtly. Malayalam movies also score over others by blending comedy with ease. There isn’t any separate-comedy-track culture in Malayalam movies. But the main stream dialogues would be loaded with sensible comedies enough to keep you in splits.”
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As the granddaughter of celebrated Carnatic singer Kamala Kailasanathan, music hasn’t influenced her much. But the singer in her might take form if opportunity comes her way. “I’m not trained professionally in Carnatic music. But I would love to sing if at all any music director picks me,” she laughs.
S. AISHWARYA
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