How long have you been in the industry? I entered just yesterday *bursts into laughter* But you’ve been around for quite a while, no? I remember you from ‘Ganda Hendathi’? You should never ask a woman such questions, okay? *laughs* I think you have a...
How amazing that an issue that is dedicated to breaking taboos also saw our cover-girl break a few in the process! It all began with photographer Vasanth Paul asking Pranitha Subhash if she would plunge into the pool for the first shot of the cover...
From puducherry to Bollywood, how has the journey been so far? Very endearing! It was during my stay in London when I became part of a theatre company called Theatre of Relativity and got an opportunity to hone my acting skills. Once I finished my...
IT sure sounds like it’s difficult to convince actor Arun Vijay about a script. For him, choosing a script is no easy task. Just the narration takes a few hours, and then he follows it up with a whole load of questions. “It’s a huge...
ONE look at her Instagram posts and it’s easy to figure what matters most to Rashmika Mandanna: her parents; videotaping younger sister Shiman’s antics; playing with her numerous dogs, a cat and a menagerie of birds; spending time in Coorg; and goofing around with her...
One does not realise how good-looking Allu Sirish is till you meet him in person. Often unfairly compared to his brother Allu Arjun, Sirish oozes charm and has a wonderfully playful personality that puts everyone around him at ease. Speaking to him while we shot...
When I was in school, I remember watching the Telugu film Mayuri (1985). It confused me a little bit. Firstly, as Sudha Chandran plays herself in the film, I had a difficult time in separating facts from fiction. It also wowed me, because here was...
CINEMA, MY FIRST LOVE: What is love? TO me anything that you invest your soul energy in is love. It is the energy that you derive from within. The more you invest it in something, the more it will develop. Cinema undoubtedly then is something...
Some of my earliest memories of great Tamil cinema revolve around the films made by this maestro. Be it the characters of Sowmya or Meenakshi from Kandukondain Kandukondain (both of whom I strangely and paradoxically identify with) or the bubbly Priya Amal Raj from Minsara...
