Anu Aggarwal On Her Experience Of Working With Mani Ratnam: Big Gap Between South And North Films

After team 바카라�RRR바카라� won the Golden Globe Award for the best original song, 바카라�Aashiqui바카라� fame actor Anu Aggarwal congratulated them for their big win and recalled the time when she was working on the Tamil movie 바카라�Thiruda Thiruda바카라�. She played the role of Chandralekha in the Mani Ratnam directorial.

바카라�In the wake of 바카라�RRR바카라� popularity and congratulating the team I remember I was one of the first Bollywood lead actors to be cast by a south director, Mani Ratnam, in 1992-93. I played a totally different character of an underworld queen, Chandralekha, in the film. In fact, there was a song about the beauty of Chandralekha like some old depictions of goddesses in our ancient spiritual literature and I danced down incredible moves. I was pitted against two boys and there were elephant chases, a lot of running, and escape which to me was amazing fun. I shot with a leopard, did out-of-the-box kind of stuff, and ended up thanking my stars for having had the opportunity to work with Mani Ratnam who did an unbelievable amount of preparation months before we even started shooting. I was impressed with his and the entire team's dedication to produce a film unmatched,바카라� she says.

바카라�In fact, I remember when we were shooting Chandralekha, and Konjam Nilavu song the choreographer had exclaimed 바카라�She, Anu can dance!바카라� That바카라�s when I realised they had the idea that 바카라�Bollywood actresses can바카라�t dance바카라�. Also, they saw me punctual, and even after a couple accidents I had landed on set to shoot. I used to learn Tamil late at night when we weren바카라�t shooting, and went to set early in the morning, as scenes of my close ups were done at sunrise. It was a joy. I hit it off fabulously well with the Director and the entire crew, and they laughed at my Camel cigarettes, or that I travelled alone and my mother didn바카라�t accompany me to the shooting, and then started fondly laughing and saying 바카라�well that바카라�s Anu바카라�. They adored me. There was a big gap between the south and north films then. The honcho South Indian big movie houses were reluctant, they didn바카라�t think much of Bollywood actors. Subsequently more actors from Bollywood started to be signed and the trend continues in a big way today. Today it is a privilege to be cast by one of the leading directors down south, for instance even 바카라�RRR바카라� has Alia Bhatt and Mani Ratnam has cast Aishwarya Rai Bachchan,바카라� she adds.

Appreciating team 바카라�RRR바카라� and the movie, she says, 바카라�I chanced upon 바카라�RRR바카라� on Netflix last month and was astounded at the craftsmanship and the full energy feel of the film whose roots show they are so beautifully Indian.바카라�

So, are you open to working in films from the South? 바카라�I am open to working with anybody who is plunging into making unforgettable cinema, and that includes all such movies whether they are in the South or North,바카라� Anu Aggarwal concludes.