It’s been humbling, says actor Parvathi

Parvathi

She believes that going slow means staying steady. Actor Parvathi, who is three-films-old in the Kannada film industry, is soon to start shooting for her fourth film, Andar Bahar, her first with actor Shivarajkumar.

“The film is a simple love story between a husband and wife. There aren’t any twists and turns — a straightforward story dealing with the daily trials and tribulations and emotions of a couple,” she informs. Parvathi, who first starred in Milana with Puneet Rajkumar and followed it up with Prithvi opposite him, is excited about the prospect of working with Shivanna. “I must say there’s nothing starry about the Rajkumar family in spite of all the brouhaha around them. Puneet has been a wonderful co-star and same goes for both Raghavendra and Shivanna,” she states, adding, “I would take a lot of time with my lines while shooting Milana, because I was new with the language but Puneet was surprisingly patient and co-operative. He has an amazing quality of improvising on the sets, which I saw during the making of Prithvi.”

Parvathi, who is also doing her Masters in English through distance education, insists on the one-film-at-a-time principle. “I need to prepare for every role and that takes time. Also, I’m in no hurry to reach anywhere — I want to go at my own pace on my own terms,” she says, which probably explain her ‘just’ nine films since her debut in 2006. And though she’s worked with some big names of the Malayalam, Tamil and Kannada industry, Parvathi insists on having her basics right. “However big a star my co-star might be, they are just my colleagues. My job is to focus on the character — I have never felt any starry admiration for them,” she quips.

Parvathi, who is keen on learning to write Kannada, now that she knows how to speak the language, thinks the industry has warmed up to her pretty fast. “It’s been a humbling experience. I thought I gave an average performance in Milana but till date, I keep receiving calls from the industry referring to that film. And one thing I have observed is that the industry isn’t stingy about compliments — they are so generous with it that people often tend to get carried away,” she signs off.