'Bad Girl,' the Mollywood flick to be helmed by filmmaker Shajiyem wherein I essay the role of a super model, will be released simultaneously in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Hindi.
I got a lot of exposure because of 'Eega,' as the film was released in Tamil, Hindi, and Malayalam.
For 'Rakht Charitra,' I had to gain and lose weight. I simultaneously shot the film in three languages - Telugu, Tamil, and Hindi.
Having done movies in Malayalam, Telugu, Tamil, and Hindi, I have been accepted both in North and down South. I don't believe in divisions. I like to believe that I am working in the Indian film industry.
Telugu and Tamil industries keenly watch Malayalam movies and are appreciative of the content, be it 'Ustad Hotel,' 'Premam' or 'Bangalore Days.' They've also been listening to our music. That's how I was approached for Telugu films.
Telugu-Tamil producer Thyagarajan has bought the South Indian language rights for two Hindi hit films, Vikas Behl's 'Queen' and Neeraj Pandey's 'Special 26.' He wants me to play Akshay Kumar's role in the Telugu version of 'Special 26.' Akshay and I even look similar, physique-wise.
The pacing in Tamil and Telugu is very different from Malayalam cinema.
I am open to working in all southern language - Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam.
I struggled a bit with Malayalam, but it was easier speaking Tamil; it is closer to Telugu.
I have sung some songs in Telugu and Malayalam. And I want to sing in Tamil, too.
We will go to every part of Tamil Nadu and tell the people that Hindi is coming and that it is like a thunder strike on the heads of Tamil and Dravidian people.... If Hindi were to become the official language of India, Hindi-speaking people will govern us. We will be treated like third rate citizens
Somehow I feel South Indian actors are not that well known in the Hindi belt. Tamil and Telugu actors have an upper hand. But Kannada and Kerala are totally sidelined by Hindi filmgoers.
I am not familiar with Telugu, Tamil or Malayalam and tend to feel they are foreign languages to me.
Just as the cultures, lifestyle and food differ vastly from our own, music for the Tamil/Telugu audience is vastly different from that of Mollywood.
I have dubbed in all the three languages - Hindi, Tamil and Telugu.
I've acted in Hindi, English, Tamil and Telugu films.
I have acted in Tamil and Telugu, languages that were alien to me. It was then that I got the call to Malayalam.