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“As an actor, it doesn't matter to me if I play the role of a mother, with or without make-up and so on. I focus only on getting the expressions and acting right.”
“Ravi Babu's films are known to have its heroines playing prominent roles. Further, all the heroines he has cast in his films are well-established, known faces. I consider myself lucky to have been considered by him to play Mohini.”
“I love experimenting with roles and that's what keeps me hungry for versatile roles.”
“My family has been thinking of arranging my marriage for over a year now. At one point I too thought it would be fine.”
“Rarely do heroine-oriented films happen in the film industry.”
“In Tamil and Telugu films, I am not called for stylish roles and often play rustic or unglamorous roles in them.”
“Even when I was bald, I loved seeing myself in the mirror, loved the attention that came with it and flaunted the look. It gave me a lot of confidence too.”
“I am glad that I had to work my way up and was not handed anything on a platter.”
“I always give preference to the script and when it's good, I am game for anything.”
“There is a limit to everything; whomsoever I act with, I'm rumored to be having affairs with them. I just can't take it anymore. How many affairs can an actress have?”
“Don't compare me to veteran actor Lakshmi who immortalised Julie in director Sethumadhavan's Chattakkari.' It's so unnerving.”
“Ever since I gave the nod for Chattakari,' I've been flooded with offers from the Malayalam film industry, like never before.”
“I was approached for the remake of Maniyara,' the yesteryear film that starred actors Mammootty and Seema in the lead.”
“When I am not acting or practising dance, you'll find me fast asleep!”
“In Santhosh Sethumadhavan's remake of the yesteryear hit, Chattakkari,' I was required to wear short skirts and frocks as I play an Anglo-Indian girl in it. But my role as Julie is hardly a show of glamour.”
“Malayali audiences are well aware of Shamna as a dancer and that may be a reason why I was constantly being approached by filmmakers to do song sequences alone.”
“After donning an item number in Rajadhi Raja,' I got a string of offers to perform similar characters. But I consciously rejected all those offers as I don't want to be tagged as an item girl.”
“I have not come this far in one shot, and I have undergone struggles. My life was built step by step.”
“If I want to do realistic cinema and convince the audience in authentic roles, I have to walk the extra mile.”
“There is lot of competition happening in the South and I'm incapable of being in the race, but I will be more than happy to do a good role and prove that I am capable of doing it.”