Despite her talents, there were doubts from others. “Relatives would say, ‘She dances, draws, sings she’s all over the place. She won’t reach anywhere.’ Even my parents began to worry. And yes, I did lose confidence for a while.”
People often labelled her as rebellious. “But I don’t want to call myself a rebel,” she says. “There’s no need to hate society. I think everything should be balanced you can follow your path without being against everything.”
Her most recent film, Alappuzha Gymkhana role brought all her passions together. “An associate called me and said, ‘There’s a boxing character you might be the main lead.’ I told him, ‘Sir, please look into it. I’ve been thinking about doing a sporty role.’” She met the team at a training gym, where actor Naslen was present, and saw what the role involved.
“I was into sports, but I didn’t know boxing,” she admits. Later, when she met director Khalid Rahman, he asked her bluntly, “You will get good punches. Are you ready for it?” She replied confidently, “I’ve done karate.” But Rahman ikka smiled and said, “This is different. This is not karate. You’ll get a proper punch.” He asked her three times before she finally said yes and that’s when he signed the contract.
