Shriya Saran’s spa for the visually challenged

Looks like Shriya Saran is grabbing eyeballs all over again. Shuffling between three film industries, Shriya seems quite happy to be back to the forefront. “I’m excited about my Tamil release this week,” begins Shriya, talking about her film Chikku Bukku, wherein she stars opposite Arya. “Though it’s a simple love story, the magic is in the way it has been told. A boy and girl are forced to travel together — this story is about the discoveries they make about each other enroute,” she adds.

The weirdest part about acting with Arya had to do with dealing with his pranks, Shriya tells us. “Arya’s a fun guy. He is very playful on the sets. In fact, once he actually threw a live frog on me!” she reveals.

As of now, it is the Malayalam  film industry that Shriya seems to have taken over. She’s busy shooting for Casanova alongside Mohanlal. “This would be my second film in Malayalam and this time, I am keen on learning the language too,” she informs. The actor is also quite upbeat about her upcoming film in ace director Deepa Mehta’s screen adaptation of Salman Rushdie’s novel, Midnight’s Children. “Working with Deepa is an experience. We’re planning to start shooting for the film early next year,” she states.

However, it’s not just films that keeps this star so busy, for Shriya has quite an active philanthropic side as well. “When I used to study in Delhi, we used to visit a blind school quite often. My experiences there left a deep impact on me, so much so that I chose to open a spa for visually challenged people in Mumbai.

The strongest of their senses is that of touch. So at the spa, we offer them treatments like reflexology and massages that are programmed to give them great comfort,” she signs off.