JOIN USIf there’s somebody who wants to do as many things as possible in this lifetime and still thinks it is just not enough, it has to be actress Priyamani.
Her decision to be a celebrity judge on a reality dance show, she says, has thrown up a host of new possibilities. “The small screen has a much wider reach. My decision to be a judge is one of the best I’ve made. Now, whoever I meet tell me how much they love the show and recall exact episodes and narrate them. This is truly touching,” Priyamani shares.
Her next big release in Kannada is Ambreesha, opposite Darshan, where she plays a rich, spoilt granddaughter of a contractor, who runs a business house. Her character is called Smitha. “I run a business establishment and have very strong notions about running a business and making profit is my only motive.
The character, I play is strong, overpowering and talks only in terms of dollars,” Priyamani says. Darshan also has an equally dominating character in the film. “The two of them are always on a war of words. The story is about how Smitha tones down and falls in line with Darshan’s ideals. But this is a slow process,” she states.
She will also appear as a CBI officer in music director RP Patnaik’s directorial debut in Kannada, titled Vyuha.“I play the role of a CBI officer who has been deputed on special duty. This is the first time, I am playing a cop’s role in a Kannada film. It’s an intelligent role and something that I thoroughly enjoyed working on,” she states.
Though she hops in and out of the City for shooting, she confesses that she’s soaking in every bit of the jet-setting pace. “I am enjoying the rush. There’s so much more I can do,” she adds. Priyamani has a couple of projects in hand and is listening to scripts but she’s yet to take on more. Is she going slow? “Oh no, I haven’t come across anything that I can take on,” she clarifies.
But she feels that today, actresses have more to do in films than just look pretty. “Slowly but steadily, actresses are being given a chance to prove their mettle,” she wraps up.