What is your role specifically in it?
I
play Priya in the film, Surya’s childhood sweetheart,
and you’ll see my life in the movie from when
I’m 14 to 21 years old.
What
is it like to work with Surya?
First
of all, Surya with that six pack is so hot. And on the
sets we were all so impressed with his discipline. For
instance, we were at Dehra Dun, having dinner, and all
of us were hogging, but Surya was eating broccoli with
no salt or oil!
Can you talk a little
more about your time on the sets of Vaaranam Aayiram
?
Sure.
We all had a blast. Simran and I were up to pranks all
the time. I really found a friend in her. My first friend
in the industry. The funny thing is, we’ve been
shooting for a year, but Simran and I met only in the
last three months, and became fast friends. On the sets
everyone used to joke: ‘Good thing these two didn’t
meet up earlier!” Gautham Menon likes silence
on the sets but then even he would crack up. And the
ADs (assistant directors) were all fun to be with. There
were some disturbing scenes we had to enact but none
of us used glycerine –we just cried.”
What
would be different about Vaaranam Aayiram ?
A
large part of it is shot in San Francisco. On the famous
Berkeley campus, where Surya plays a student. We’ve
shot a lot in Danush Kodi. It’s beautiful there.
And I also believe this might be the first Tamil film
shot at the Indian Military Academy.
Is
it safe to guess then that Surya is in the army?
Hmmmm….well,
if you feel that’s what it could strongly mean,
then maybe it is so!
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