A Quote by Genelia D'Souza
Following 'Urumi,' I did get a lot of offers from Malayalam, but frankly, managing films in several industries can become a little hectic. So I decided not to take them up.
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I watch a lot of Malayalam films and admire them greatly. The films have such wonderful content.
I see a lot of similarity between Bengali and Malayalam films regarding the basic emotions, the craftsmanship, art and performance. I also feel both the industries are very true to their art and culture.
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I had a smooth take-off in Malayalam, I would like to explore more and take up films that are different in Tamil.
I get many offers from Tamil films but I refuse to do them because I get offers to do item songs.
There have been a few little films I'd done like that that the studio just decided not to do much with, films like Anywhere but Here [1999] or Jeff, Who Lives at Home [2012]. Thank God people find them later and love them. I'm always really drawn to people who have seen these strange little films.
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