Actress Ananya just can't stop herself from talking about Seedan, her upcoming film with director Subramaniyam Shiva, at every opportunity she gets. The film, she claims, was a big learning experience. "In both Nadodigal and Seedan, I play a girl everyone can relate to. In this film, I play Mahalakshmi, a girl employed in a huge household. An orphan, she has several commitments in life and has three sisters to take care of. What happens to her is what the film is all about," begins Ananya. The actress says that she has watched Nandanam, the film's original Malayalam version, several times. "Navya Nair got a state award for playing the protagonist. She was brilliant in the original. However, I haven't tried to reproduce her style in this film; rather, I followed Shiva sir's instructions," she says.In Seedan, she's paired opposite Krishna, a newcomer. But Ananya insists that the actor was anything but that. "He understood his character and performed like a pro," she compliments.Ananya didn't have a release in Tamil last year, but she says Seedan is worth the wait. "I had a lot of expectations for my second film in Tamil. And, getting to work with Shiva and Dhanush was more than I could have asked for. Dhanush was so down-to-earth and he didn't act like he was a senior in the industry. In the film, he plays a cook and instructs me on how to do household chores like cooking and cleaning!" Interestingly, Ananya has won an award at a district-level cookery contest twice by making 53 food items in three hours! "Ironically, Dhanush teaches me how to cook in the film! But then, it was fun seeing him come to the set armed with kitchen tips and new menus every day." On a concluding note, Ananya maintains that she will never take the glam route to stardom. "I've done 13 films in the south Indian film industry and till now, have stuck to my principle of not doing glamorous roles even if I'm paid a bomb. I will do so in the future too and continue to act in meaningful films," signs off the actress.
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