“I have not given my hundred percent to Face Book , it happened all of a sudden. After doing the film I realised cinema is serious business; you have got to know the language well, your character and have to get into it completely,” says Ayshickka, the newest face in Telugu films.
The pretty girl from Bihar was born in Bangalore, stayed in Mumbai for while before making Chennai her home. She has done about 40 commercials, the popular one being the jewellery advertisement in which she plays actor Sharat Kumar's daughter. Back in Chennai after wrapping up R.P Patnaik's latest Face Book, the actor says she loves Chennai and has been there for about eight years now. “My dad has his business here and I'm still studying, doing MBA. I got a few portfolios done when I was in college and started modelling. I'm focused on modelling as it doesn't take a lot of time and it gives me time to study as well as pursue my dance classes. I am a Bharatanatyam dancer.”
Ayshickka knows her priorities very well and has planned her life perfectly. She is no hurry to sign movies. She avers, “I wasn't prepared for Face Book . The director just called me up and asked me to come down to Hyderabad. He told me the story and next day I started shooting. I wasn't camera shy because of my modelling experience. I have age and time on my side, and am the only one in my family to learn Bharatanatyam and get a portfolio done. Basically I'm preparing myself for a big launch.” The actor had done a Tamil film too directed by Vijay's father. It was his 66th film and had a newcomer as her hero; the film released in 2010. It was because of the film that she became a familiar face in Chennai's film circle. She does get calls and offers even now but the actor has made up her mind not to do any until she gets a plum offer.
Earlier known as Archana, the actor recently changed her name. One amongst five sisters, she keeps travelling from Mumbai to Chennai. How do her relatives back in Bihar take to her mini-celebrity status? “For my parents it is any other job. They understand what I do and are very supportive; they get excited when they see me on television. My relatives find it vague. They look at my job with apprehension but I have learnt to ignore it.”
Published - December 24, 2011 06:43 pm IST
