Raashii Khanna is all set to step into Bollywood’s highlight with Yodha, the place she’s performing alongside Sidharth Malhotra. Portraying a personality brimming with depth, Raashii effortlessly transitions from her established success in South Indian cinema to the grand stage of Hindi movies. On this unique interview, she delves into her aspirations, goals, and the fragile artwork of balancing two vibrant movie industries. Excerpts:

The very first thing that attracted me to Yodha was very actually the character that was provided to me. It was so fleshed out and it’s troublesome to get such characters that maintain their very own specifically in business movies. The following factor clearly was that it was a Dharma movie backed by Karan and Apoorva sir. I’ve grown up watching their movies and to finish up being in one was a dream come true. And likewise the truth that I used to be going to behave reverse Siddharth Malhotra who was simply basking in the huge success of Shershah. Additionally, everytime I signal a movie, I take into consideration the type of expertise the viewers would have watching it. It has to attraction to them. And the way in which my character is written, I’m certain it is going to attraction to most girls whose skilled lives typically overlap their private life and impacts their relationships.

I’m all the time on a flight.That’s the one problem I face. Haha. On a critical notice, I don’t suppose there was any transition in any respect. I’m nonetheless actively working in the south. I’m making an attempt to stability work in all industries and making an attempt to be in all places to make it occur. All of the industries attempt to make good memorable cinema and all of us Indian actors simply wish to be part of that.

There’s a large checklist of individuals. I really feel like I’m simply beginning out! I wish to work with Sanjay leela Bhansali, Raj kumar Hirani, Zoya Akhtar, SS Rajamouli, Aanand L Rai, Karan Johar, Rohit Shetty, Sidharth Anand, Vishal Bharadwaj, Sriram Raghavan, Vidhu Vinod Chopra, Hansal Mehta, Meghna Gulzar Vikramaditya Motwane and so many more.

That’s but to return. It’s the movie that I’ve simply completed capturing with Vikrant Massey (written and directed by Bodhayan Chaudhury). I’m very grateful to have the ability to painting an unconventional character that churned my soul. It resonated with me and will resonate with each one who has ever had a coronary heart break and felt misplaced and dejected after that have. It’s actually just like the phoenix story the place you stand up after turning to ashes as a result of fairly actually you don’t have any alternative. That is the place you study in regards to the energy that’s all the time been inside you. The expertise was extraordinarily enriching and I can’t wait to share that with the viewers.

While you work with actors like Shahid and Vijay sir, you’re pushed to convey out the perfect model of you. They’re like a walking-talking movie faculty. Probably the most memorable side for me was the training curve as an actor. I might simply observe them, their mannerisms, their method to the scenes, have lengthy conversations with them about our craft and speak in regards to the mutual love we shared for this artwork type. I learnt about what made them the actors that they’re at the moment, in regards to the challenges they confronted, about how they cracked a sure difficult scene. I may have conversations with each of them the entire day.

A personality has to attraction to me in a way. I’ve to be satisfied that I can do justice to it. It’s not essential for me to narrate to it totally, I ought to simply perceive her story. My dream is to play a wide range of roles which can be very distinct from one another, convincingly in order that I don’t stagnate and develop into a stereotype. The character must also have an arc or some that means in the move of the narrative particularly if it’s an out and out business movie. Typically if I just like the story and not the character a lot, I attempt to speak to the director to offer me house to create my very own particular person.

Paradoxically, it was the expertise I had on the units of my first movie Madras cafe. I felt like I used to be a misplaced little one who had simply discovered her path. I completely cherished entering into the sneakers of a personality so totally different from my very own and nonetheless making her look and sound genuine. I knew in the moments of capturing these scenes that that is what I wished to do for the remainder of my life. Appearing for me turned a way for private catharsis and with time it turned a medium the place with a sure efficiency I may transfer the viewers and invoke totally different feelings in them, the place I may chortle and cry with them and assist launch my emotion and theirs and heal collectively. This artwork type is so highly effective & transformative each for the artist and the viewers that there’s nothing else that may have satisfied me to look elsewhere.

I’m nonetheless consistently evolving and altering as I achieve new experiences, study new expertise, and develop a deeper understanding of my artwork type and the world round me. I’ve an unwavering dedication in direction of my craft and I’m studying new ability units on a regular basis. I don’t take something as a right. I’m additionally not afraid anymore to take inventive dangers and problem myself with various and demanding roles. I’ve develop into more accountable as an individual and as an actor and wish to use my voice and the platform I’ve been given for optimistic change.

Personally, a very powerful lesson I’ve learnt is to forgive and let go. It’s so painfully enriching. I’ve understood the transient nature of relationships and the complexity of human behaviour and how I can simply observe conditions and individuals with out letting them have an effect on me. Being non judgemental, empathetic and being centred has introduced lots of peace in my life. One other crucial lesson I’ve learnt is to dwell authentically. Making an attempt to be somebody you aren’t is exhausting and unfulfilling, particularly in this digital age. Embrace your true self, settle for your flaws and strengths, and dwell in alignment with your values and passions. Professionally, I’ve learnt to be indifferent from success or failure. Success doesn’t go to my head and failure doesn’t go to my coronary heart. I simply embrace life because it comes. Each expertise is a lesson. And each lesson helps me develop each personally and professionally. I’m simply grateful for every thing.

No matter any trade, my method to roles stays the identical. My expertise in the South Indian movie trade has enriched me as an actor and as an individual however I knew from the beginning of my profession in regards to the type of roles I might select. I’ve had my share of business movies the place the story mattered more than my character arc however I’ve balanced it with movies the place the characters drew the story ahead. And I wish to carry this balancing method in whichever trade that I work in. Nonetheless, I’ve more starvation for impactful roles at the moment. I additionally really feel at the moment is an excellent time to be a feminine actor with the varied type of roles being written for us. So at the moment, we have now higher decisions to make. Life is brief and I wish to be remembered for high quality work more than amount.

I really feel the necessity to break sure limitations by portraying complicated and nuanced characters that defy stereotypes. There’s a lot for me to discover. I wish to be a part of tales like Rang de Basanti which had such a powerful cultural influence on our era or three idiots or simply an intensely painful love story like Rockstar or a style that has by no means been explored earlier than that strikes individuals. I can’t pinpoint on a sure type of character I want to play as a result of there’s a lot to discover. I don’t wish to be restricted by style or conference. I wish to show my versatility in various tasks.