‘Learning to act is not enough’, says Amruta Subhash

Recently at an awards function Amruta Subhash was honoured as the Best Actress for her role of Asavari in the Marathi serial Awaghachi Sansar. One can’t forget her in Ti Phulrani after Bhakti Barve or as the village girl Sangi in Valu.

She has also bagged the V Shantaram Award for her role in the movie Savali. The actor, who has done a course from the National School of Drama, admits she decided to take up the field after being inspired by her mother  Jyoti Subhash, a veteran actress.

Her first guru, however, was someone else. “Satyadev Dubey, it was because of him that I started doing plays,” she says. Amruta hasn’t looked back since. When asked about how she bagged Ti Phoolrani, she says that Waman Kendre asked her to be a part of his play, an adaptation of George Barnard Shaw’s My Fair Lady by the well-known Marathi writer PL Deshpande. When she realised that she had to essay the role immortalised by Bhakti Barve, she was very excited. Talking about her role as a social worker in Shwaas, Amruta admits, “I had met a lot of social workers, learnt their mannerisms and spent a few days in a hospital too, to get the nuances right.”

She feels acting must also carry a useful message. “I accepted my role of a woman mistreated by her husband in Avaghachi Sansar to show that women should not suffer silently but become strong and take charge of their life,” she continues.

Amruta has completed a six-year diploma in Bharat Natyam. She has also learnt singing from Sameer Dubale. “To me, learning how to act is not enough; one must be proficient in singing and dancing too,” she sums up.