Actress

I am getting better offers since directors feel that I am versatile and can be more than just a girl next door. I am also seriously trying not to be repetitive.

Criticism is important for an actress, and it depends on how you take it. I take it positively and try to learn from it.

There are ups and down in one's career.

Every actor, male or female, is paid what he or she is worth. There is no inflated sum or underpaying in the industry.

Film is not just about the art form but also how it fares at the box office.

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For me, watching a movie is an experience where I can go, eat popcorn, and enjoy with my friends and family. I want to be a part of cinema that entertains people.

I choose my films in a way that helps me do justice to all of them. Also, I like doing time-consuming films like 'Baahubali'; it's sometimes more rewarding than doing lots of small films.

I have enough experience, and I can do my Telugu dubbing perfectly without any help.

Even if one is not a great actor, just being in front of the camera requires a lot of effort.

My college life was brief because I started working for my debut film when I was in eleventh standard. But I have no regrets, as I stayed in touch with my friends who keep briefing me about the drama in the college. The opportunity to get into showbiz was so exciting that I couldn't let it pass by.

I was offered my first film right after my 10th board exams. Back then, I didn't even know they made films in the South. Films, I thought, were either in Hindi or English.

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As a kid, I wanted to be an actress, but ambition and reality are two different things.

I have seen actresses avoiding food out of fear that beauty would be lost.

I don't appreciate people who discriminate on the basis of colour.

I feel more at home in Chennai and Hyderabad than in Mumbai since I spend so much time in these two cities.

I don't want to act in a preachy movie just because that is more sensible. I don't watch that kind of cinema.

It's a constant quest to push the bar and work in films that allow me to prove what I can do as an artist.

My confidence is my strength.