<p>Yet, the dormant desire in her got the better of her and at the first available opportunity, she rushed to Mumbai to realise her celluloid dreams.<br /><br />When she managed to bag her first offer, Dus Tola, she knew she had got the best ticket to Bollywood. “I played the role of Geeta, a village dance teacher, who teaches Indian classical dance to her students. I gave my own interpretations to the movements and the tala in the film,” she says. <br /><br />She confesses that her journey so far has been exciting but tough given the challenge of relocating to Mumbai. “I had to really fend for myself. I had no godfather or a background in the film industry. All I knew was that I wanted to be an actress and it was sheer faith and conviction that saw me through all my initial projects,’ she says. <br /><br />Pallavi shot for ‘Walkaway’ in New York, an independent crossover film in which she played the lead character of Sia. She returned to India as a recurring cast member of Anuvab Pal’s theatre comedy, ‘1888 Dial India’, in which she portrayed the hilarious character of Reshmi — a call centre trainee.<br /><br />Pallavi, a trained dancer, also knows the stage all too well as she has been in theatre. “You have to emote in a play in such a way that your voice reaches out to the person sitting in the last row. But acting in cinema is a different ball game altogether, it is more subtle,” she avers. <br /><br />She had lots of compliments pouring her way when she first came to Mumbai, “People told me that I have the looks of women from the 80s. I like the women of the 80s and was also offered those kinds of roles. Directors always think twice before offering me a glamourous role,” says Pallavi. <br /><br />She sees the Western cinema as being more organised when it comes to the craft of film-making. “Bollywood is yet to grow into a full-fledged industry. Women in Indian cinema, for instance, were explored in a more deeper way in the 80s. The characters were more intense and substantial in content. But now it’s kind of superficial,” she observes. <br /><br /> Pallavi says her extensive travel as a child helped her grasp Indian languages very well. “I can speak fluent Bengali and Hindi and would be just as comfortable in a Tamil household as I am in a North Indian home. Language is no barrier for me,” she adds. Pallavi’s latest project Love, Breakups, Zindagi has just released. </p>
<p>Yet, the dormant desire in her got the better of her and at the first available opportunity, she rushed to Mumbai to realise her celluloid dreams.<br /><br />When she managed to bag her first offer, Dus Tola, she knew she had got the best ticket to Bollywood. “I played the role of Geeta, a village dance teacher, who teaches Indian classical dance to her students. I gave my own interpretations to the movements and the tala in the film,” she says. <br /><br />She confesses that her journey so far has been exciting but tough given the challenge of relocating to Mumbai. “I had to really fend for myself. I had no godfather or a background in the film industry. All I knew was that I wanted to be an actress and it was sheer faith and conviction that saw me through all my initial projects,’ she says. <br /><br />Pallavi shot for ‘Walkaway’ in New York, an independent crossover film in which she played the lead character of Sia. She returned to India as a recurring cast member of Anuvab Pal’s theatre comedy, ‘1888 Dial India’, in which she portrayed the hilarious character of Reshmi — a call centre trainee.<br /><br />Pallavi, a trained dancer, also knows the stage all too well as she has been in theatre. “You have to emote in a play in such a way that your voice reaches out to the person sitting in the last row. But acting in cinema is a different ball game altogether, it is more subtle,” she avers. <br /><br />She had lots of compliments pouring her way when she first came to Mumbai, “People told me that I have the looks of women from the 80s. I like the women of the 80s and was also offered those kinds of roles. Directors always think twice before offering me a glamourous role,” says Pallavi. <br /><br />She sees the Western cinema as being more organised when it comes to the craft of film-making. “Bollywood is yet to grow into a full-fledged industry. Women in Indian cinema, for instance, were explored in a more deeper way in the 80s. The characters were more intense and substantial in content. But now it’s kind of superficial,” she observes. <br /><br /> Pallavi says her extensive travel as a child helped her grasp Indian languages very well. “I can speak fluent Bengali and Hindi and would be just as comfortable in a Tamil household as I am in a North Indian home. Language is no barrier for me,” she adds. Pallavi’s latest project Love, Breakups, Zindagi has just released. </p>
