I’m confident about my success here: Shraddha
“I’m from a talent hunt by ‘Zee cine stars ki khoj’,” says the beautiful and simple Shraddha. The young lady is starring in director Kodandarami Reddy’s son Vaibhav’s launch film Godava. Just like her name Shraddha, she is devoted, also earnest, enthusiastic and excited about the project. In a chatĂ‚Â Shraddha talks on how she got into films and more.
“The Zee guys came to Delhi and I had just finished the final year exams and gave the audition. I did it for fun and won the competition from Delhi and the first runner up from all over India. Though I had this fetish for acting, dancing and all this nautanki I never ever thought of taking a step forward to get into the glam world. Life has been so unpredictable. I had taken commerce in school, arts in college and now I’m in the movies.”
A grad in Economics Honours, Shraddha says her parents were very supportive of her decision in choosing this line. She says, “Initially I had a trouble speaking and understanding Telugu, I would always wonder if I would get the expression right while speaking a different language.
Fortunately for me it never went out of focus and I enjoyed the work so much that eventually started feeling like one jadoogar when I got it all right.” Shradhha made her debut in films with Nishabd and says she treasures those moments. She adds, “In that film I played Mr. Bachchan’s daughter.
It was a beautiful experience working with Mr. Bachchan and Revati. The entire shooting was like a work shop, I’ve grown a lot. Nishabd probably didn’t work because people came with a mindset that this one will have a happy ending and I guess they were disappointed. It was a different concept and moreover love can happen anytime. You will see a better version of Shraddha this time in Godava.”
Just not Bachchan she had worked with the Junior Bachchan too in the Motorola advertisement and also the LG Washing Machine commercial. There was one more with Hrithik in Coke and Minisha Lamba in the TVS ad. So has Shraddha forgotton the Hindi film industry? “Not really, I’m just waiting for the right film to fall in the right league.
Meanwhile I am putting in lot of effort for my Telugu film and I’m confident about my success in the south. I’m playing a gregarious character.” Hasn’t Shradhha lost a lot of weight? She says, “Yep, a bit. I was under a misconception that south filmmakers prefer ample bossomed heroines but it’s changing here.
Whenever I look a bit chubby, my director tells me that I need to watch out. Don’t we have Ileana, Shriya and Genelia? They are all slim, so being slim doesn’t only make you feel good but keeps you afloat in the race.”
