How Akshara Gowda got lucky
Cinematographer Santosh Sivan's recommendation lands the newbie in Priyadarshan's film
Call it being at the right place at the right time. Akshara Gowda, the
newbie from South, is gearing up for her Bollywood debut in a
Priyadarshan film and that too in a leading role. However, a few months
ago, she was
literally unknown and wasn't thinking of getting into Hindi showbiz!
Turns out Akshara wasn't very keen on continuing as an actor either even
after making her South Indian debut in 2011. However, an audition done
for fun landed her a cameo in the Tamil film Thuppakki directed by A R
Muguradoss.
Akshara feels that it changed the course of her life. `I'm a great
believer in destiny. I just happened to accompany a friend who was
auditioning for the film and asked me to audition as well. I just did it
for the heck of it
and landed a tiny role in the action thriller,` she says.
As luck would have it, Santosh Sivan who was the cinematographer for the
film suggested Akshara's name to director Priyadarshan who incidentally
was looking for a female lead to cast in his film. As a result, the
dusky beauty from Bangalore is all set to star opposite Jackky Bhagnani
who himself is just three-films-old.
`I had no plans to become a full-fledged actor. But Sivan sir liked my face and performance in
that small role and even recommended me to Priyan sir who readily took notice of me,` signs off Akshara.
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