Q & A: SHRIYA SARAN Southern Spice At 22, southern siren Shriya Saran has not only played lady love to superstar Rajnikant in his magnum opus Sivaji: The Boss, she is now all set to try her luck in Bollywood again with Awarapan. Q. What was working with Rajnikant like? A. He is a demi-god. Often you are disappointed on meeting stars but when I met him my admiration quadrupled. Q. Did you have language problems? A. I’m a pucca north Indian doing Telugu and Tamil movies. I know Telugu, but someone has to dub for me. Q. Your first Bollywood film Shukriya was a dud. A. After Shukriya I wanted to do good work. Interesting offers came from the south. Now I have some great offers in Bollywood so I’ve moved to Mumbai. Q. Does that mean it’s goodbye to regional films? A. We should look at Indian cinema as a whole rather than concentrating on regional differences. |