Priyamani: I took myself seriously after ‘Paruthiveeran’
The Hindu
With her new Telugu film ‘Bhamakalapam’ coming up, Priyamani opens up on her career choices
“I try not to accept projects in which I might end up playing characters similar to what I have done in the recent past,” says actor Priyamani, while discussing her new Telugu film Bhamakalapam, which will stream on Aha from February 11. The statement does not come across as mere lip service if one were to look at her recent projects. The Family Man web series, her Telugu films Narappa and Virata Parvam, and her new Tamil film Quotation Gang, all place her in different milieus.
In Bhamakalapam, she plays Anupama, a YouTuber who has over a million subscribers and uploads a new recipe each week. Anupama is also nosy about the happenings in her apartment complex, and then things take a dark turn, she finds herself “getting pulled into a tricky situation.” . “I had not done anything on the lines of an innocent housewife with a happy family getting embroiled in a situation. I found the plot to be interesting.” The film is written and directed by Abhimanyu and was pitched to Priyamani by director Bharat Kamma, who is the showrunner of Bhamakalapam for Aha.