‘I’ll not be a prop in Kannada cinema; I did it 20 years in the past’: Ramya on evolving as an actor
Mar 10, 2025 06:17 PM IST
On the Bengaluru Worldwide Movie Competition on a panel on girls in cinema, Ramya narrated how she was handled when she signed her movie.
The Sandalwood Queen, as Kannada star Ramya is understood, is again on the silver display screen after a niche of practically a decade. She has simply signed a movie with director Yogaraj Bhat with whom she labored with beforehand in Ranga SSLC starring Kichcha Sudeepa. The Sanju Weds Geetha actress was final seen on display screen within the 2016 movie Nagarahavu however turned producer along with her Applebox Studios and made the award-winning movie Swathi Mutthina Male Haniye in 2023. (Additionally Learn: Kannada star Ramya stands by Rashmika Mandanna: ‘Cease trolling her’)
Ramya opens up about her first movie
Talking on the Bengaluru Worldwide Movie Competition on a panel on girls in cinema, Ramya narrated how she was handled when she signed her movie Abhi, starring Puneeth Rajkumar, in 2003. “After I did my first movie, Abhi, the director didn’t even give me a script. After I arrived on set, he merely requested me to run. I had no concept who I used to be working to or why. By my second movie, Excuse Me, I used to be given the script — at the least till the interval. That felt like progress! From these early days to reaching a degree the place administrators started writing scripts with me in thoughts, I’ve come a good distance.”
Ramya on not eager to be a prop
When requested if she would proceed to be only a prop in movies at present, Ramya emphatically replied, “No, I’ll not be a prop in Kannada cinema. Sadly, administrators nonetheless come to me with roles which have just a few scenes, some comedy and songs. I did this 20 years in the past, and it’s nonetheless the identical now. Sadly, there are not any robust roles written for girls in Kannada cinema. Kannada cinema ought to be taught from Malayalam cinema. That’s to not say our trade hasn’t developed. Movies like Gantumoote, Sapta Sagaradaache Ello, and Aachar & Co have fantastically portrayed girls. But, a lot of our movies nonetheless revolve round machismo and the male star.”
The Vaaranam Aayiram actress additionally identified that different south actresses like Nayanthara, Samantha and Trisha have turn out to be extraordinarily profitable and do female-oriented movies which have an excellent market as nicely.
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