It has been lengthy since actor-VJ Anusha Dandekar was seen in a giant display challenge, her final look was in Bhavesh Joshi Superhero in a particular track, Chavanprash. And for her comeback of kinds, she selected to return to Marathi cinema with the movie Baap Manus, which launched earlier this month.
“I really wanted to get back to acting…. and it has been 10 years since I had done a Marathi film,” she tells us, including that whereas the panorama of Indian cinema is continually altering, it was excessive time regional movie industries additionally skilled an analogous transformation. “For the longest time, Marathi cinema was looked down upon as a smaller medium,” she laments, including, “Audiences always used to think of regional films as only for a particular region, people, or for those who speak that language.”
The 41-year-old, nonetheless, is glad that the notion has modified through the years. “Marathi films have really come up now. There are no language barriers anymore. Even globally, the advent of streaming platforms has opened up everything for everyone. We watch Spanish films, the other countries watch Hindi and English content… There are subtitles if you don’t know a language, so whatever blocks existed earlier, are no longer there,” she provides.
One other notion or false impression that Dandekar is blissful to bust together with her Marathi movie, is that regional initiatives have restricted budgets. “People tend to think that regional film has relatively smaller budgets, but that’s not true. For Baap Manus, we went to London for the shoot,” reveals the actor, who considers herself lucky that she started working in each Marathi and Hindi cinema.
Speaking concerning the motive she was immediately drawn to the challenge, the actor says the character of an impartial woman resonated together with her. However, she is fast to make clear that it doesn’t make the method in entrance of the digital camera less complicated. “A lot of times, actors think it would be easier to play a character that is similar to you, but it is actually very difficult. You don’t know where to draw the line, you don’t know when you are natural or acting. When you are trying to play yourself, you don’t know where the boundaries are; it is really weird,” explains Dandekar, who, moreover her appearing profession, has been pursuing her ardour of studying ballet professionally.
Regardless of going through a setback because of ovarian lump surgical procedure, the actor not too long ago began dancing once more. “You have to find that little slice of heaven in life, where it is your escape and peace. People choose meditation and yoga; it is ballet for me. I didn’t like ballet seriously as a child. But now, I am just obsessed with it,” the Anthony Kaun Hai (2006), Metropolis of Gold (2010) and Delhi Stomach (2011) actor wraps up.
