Padmapriya Janakiraman

Actually, I am a typical middle-class girl.

— Padmapriya Janakiraman

I have not tried enough to be in Bollywood.

— Padmapriya Janakiraman

I've always been a part of theatre.

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I am hungry as an actor.

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Malayalam films just fell into my lap.

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I believe the #Metoo movement is here to stay.

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All I want is to be a part of good projects and be remembered for that.

— Padmapriya Janakiraman

I don't believe in cutting down or increasing the number of films I do.

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I'm excited to work in Bollywood, but I want to be part of meaningful projects.

— Padmapriya Janakiraman

Kerala audience is different because their expectations are very high.

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I have acted in 20 films in various languages and won 13 awards for my acting skills.

— Padmapriya Janakiraman

The only philosophy that I'm not confused about in life is love.

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To create a new resume of films and expressions is the only focal point for 2014 for me.

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I felt I should get back to stage performances because I really enjoy them.

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I am not against the idea of looking sexy. But I don't like women being looked at as mere objects of sex.

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When you live with a character in your mind, after a while you start to behave like them, act like them and…

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Some years you have more work and some years less. That does not bother me. What matters is the end product.

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Yes, I have had more commercial success in Malayalam but that doesn't mean I can't do with more in Tamil.

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See, modern dance forms have a pull because the youngsters can relate to it, but it makes me happy to say that…

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I was supposed to do Beautiful,' and when I watched the movie, I knew that I had missed out on a great…

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In spite of its relatively nascent rise in popularity, tea joints across the country are romanticized, quite like beer pubs in the…

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I am a director's actor. It is a director's medium, definitely. That doesn't mean I stop using my head.

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I started dancing at a young age. When I became busy with films and studies, dance took a back seat. Also, it…

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Malayalam actress Ann Augustine, director V K Prakash, writer Jayaprakah Kulur and I have planned to produce quality dramas and to take…

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The starting point of social movements stems from deep pain and intolerance towards loss already incurred and hence any gain including just…

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It has been a fairy tale for an outsider, bouncing from one film set to another, choosing my films as assertively as…

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I've never been linked to a co-star or director, never had drunken stupors or been disrespectful of a producer's position. I don't…

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The Weinstein story and the way it has shaken the roots of Hollywood has made apparent the fact that, across the world,…

— Padmapriya Janakiraman

Anger, pain and a tinge of joy are the recursive emotions I have been waking up to ever since I read reports…

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As an actor, I just made the most of the opportunities that came my way and I owe it to my directors…

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If I am destined to do more Telugu films, I will.

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I think classical dance is not seeing the evolution seen by classical music.

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I sign films that have significance for my characters or are big entertainers.

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I hate flashy metrosexual men. I prefer a rustic man who will make a long-time companion.

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Professionally, I haven't done any film in 2013 as I was studying in NYU.

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If the character you play on screen has to have life, you should dub in your own voice.

— Padmapriya Janakiraman

I am not a person who wants to be in the limelight all the time.

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Cinema is a male-dominated bastion and one has to be patient.

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I want to leave a deep impact of my acting in people's mind.

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I was part of the Bollywood film 'Strikers,' which I would call a niche film.

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