A biography for Nithya Menenhasn’t been written yet.
“Films were always there at the back of my mind. I would try to move away, but films kept coming to me. I would do movies for friends. I guess some things are meant to be!”
“For me, it is not about being a part of a hit or a flop. Films are about friends, learning, and experiences. Certain films give me happiness.”
“People in Andhra Pradesh treat me like a girl next door after 'Ala Modalaindi.' I feel at home here.”
“Acting was not on my agenda. It just happened by chance. I always wanted to be involved in wildlife protection or maybe surrounded by kids. I love animals and children.”
“For me, a story has to have characters, and my role should be meaningful. At the end of the day, people should say that they like my performance.”
“My cinema is of a different kind: give me a good meaty role instead of two or three songs and running around in foreign locations wearing itsy-bitsy costumes. I'm clear and focussed about my priorities.”
“My part as an actor ends on the last working day. I think the success or failure only really matters to the producer or whoever it matters to. For me, when I finish the film, I'm done, and if I'm happy, that's that.”
“It doesn't feel great to be compared to Genelia or anyone. I don't want to be compared, and I would like to think I am different.”
“It's not in every film that you connect to the role.”
“I wanted to do journalism, as I was an idealist. Then, in my second year of journalism, I realized that in real life, things don't work the way you expect them to. I realized that I could express my ideas better through films.”
“I'm not really interested in doing a Bollywood film.”
“'180' is a romantic film, but I don't think it can be classified as a fluffy love story. It is a wonderful story with a script that is layered and more complex than the normal ones.”
“I've always looked forward to do something different in all my films.”
“All of us just go to college and waste our time and to pass our exams. So just learning journalism does not mean I'm good at it or any of the journalists are, either. There is no difference; it's just class, and it's just college.”
“I've no apprehensions and inhibitions as an actor.”
“Nobody goes to college and learns anything.”
“I think acting is my destiny. I did my first film when I was just eight. However, I never took that role seriously.”
“The second you become an actress, people take the licence to make many assumptions about you. You're in trouble if you interact with a director/actor. You're in even more trouble if you don't. When I started out, a single YouTube comment would make me sad for days, and I'd wonder how people could say such nasty things about me.”
“I've been working in three-four languages. I'm happy to do it.”
“At one point, I wanted to be a wildlife photographer. I also love to travel, so maybe I'd do travel writing.”