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		Home > Interviews > Trisha An Interview With Trisha Glamour, luck, and talent – all rolled into one and that brings to your mind Trisha. Long since we had such a heroine on the Telugu screen. And what is more, she has her goals clearly set out. Among the showers that the movie 'Varsham' sprinkled on the earth was a gem, and that was Trisha, the kind of actress the Telugu audiences had long been waiting for. Her glamour and equally her performance were certainly a big draw. If she was drenched in rain in the song sequence in 'Varsham,' she soaked the Telugu audience in the pouring rain of her performance. Then followed 'Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana,' which had the youth going crazy. 'Athadu' that came next took her to the heights of her career. Here are the excerpts from an interview that CineGoer.com had with her recently. You are acclaimed as one of the most popular heroines on the Telugu and the Tamil screens. You feel that you are number one in the field? I don't believe in such rankings or positions. I don't attach much value to it. Your movie is a hit and people say you are number one, and if it is followed by a flop or two, you yield the position to others. I don't care what number I am assigned. All I want is to keep going steady and stay in the reckoning. Most heroines fade after a movie or two. But you have become quite popular with your two movies and are in demand. Any special reason? You should know. You can answer it better than me. Is your consistent success due to your being a combination of glamour and talent, and because you are choosy about your roles? (Smiling) You can say that. You have been doing roles which demand talent and performance. Do you choose such roles or do they just happen to come your way? Yes, that is due to the way I choose my roles. I pick only those roles, which I am convinced, suit my talent and performance. I politely reject the roles which are not to my liking and which do not offer me the proper opportunity to exhibit my ability. That explains my good performance in 'Varsham,' and 'Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana.' Not just glamour but action coupled with it is what I look for in my roles. Even when I am cast opposite a star hero, I make sure that my role is prominent too. Usually star hero strarrers, people perhaps rightly believe, offer heroines little scope for action, and that they have to make do with song and dance sequences. Your opinion? Not in all cases; at least not in my case. I accept a role only if I feel that it has some importance in the plot and affects the course of the events in the story; that is, even if it is opposite a great hero. Do you accept a situation in which your role is secondary to that of the hero? My role comes first to me, that is, as far as I am concerned. In 'Athadu,' don't you think that Mahesh Babu's role is dominant and yours is just a glamour role? I don't agree. It is not just glamour that my role has. For one thing, it is a role that mixes glamour with a lot of comedy and that kind of combination is a test of your talent. I felt I was lucky to get the opportunity of acting such a role, and I took it. That was the first time too for me to be teamed with Mahesh Babu. And our pair did click. What do you think is responsible for the success of 'Athadu'? The whole credit should go to Trivikram Srinivas. It is purely because he was both the writer and director that my role blossomed so well. He is very good at satire. That made the dialogues effective and meaningful. You are really on a roll as a success heroine in Telugu and Tamil movies. Where are you better acclaimed? Difficult to say. I feel I am equally well received by both groups of audiences. What makes you think so? I had a good number of offers following the success of 'Varsham.' I rejected them. Then I did 'Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana,' released a year after 'Varsham.' It was another seven months before 'Athadu' was screened. In between I did a Tamil movie. Again a long gap and another Tamil film 'Tirupacchi' was released. This has resulted in my doing a Tamil and a Telugu film simultaneously, or one following immediately after another. That, added to the fact that they have all been hits, has given people the impression that I am in equal demand in both the fields and am equally well received. What do you feel when the hero gets all the credit for the success of your movie? This is a hero dominated industry. That being so, the success of the movie, though the hero gets credit for it, fills me also with a sense of achievement. For I am involved in it. The Tamil movie, 'Tirupacchi,' has me in not so important a role. Still, when the movie turned out to be a success, I did have the feeling that I was a part of the super duper movie. That is a kind of satisfaction. The same is my feeling in the case of the other hits too. As for the heroines, they can look for recognition only in heroine dominated movies. Are you prepared to do such heroine oriented movies? Is your role opposite Chiranjeevi, in the movie that is being made now, such a one? I am game for acting such roles. I never expected the fortune of being teamed with Chiranjeevi so early in my career. I am thrilled to have had the chance. I am very hopeful that it is going to take me to the top. You appear all set to do roles that highlight your talent. How about taking some 'mature' roles? I am ready, but it takes time, as you can see. To be able to do 'mature' roles, your body language and your face should appear mature. Does my face suit a mom's role? Do I look that aged? Can I be made to look so, in spite of the best make-up? So I feel there is no meaning in attempting to do such roles unless you are physically suitable for them, and till you acquire the suitable body language. You have been in the news of late; there was quite some talk about your topless sequences, cell phone affairs, midnight dances on the roads, and so on - that you yourself spread all this gossip for mere publicity. Is it mere gossip or did it really happen? These things really pain me. Though upset by all these, I may look composed; but you do not know how much I am pained. So long as my fans continue to favor me, such things cannot harm me. My audiences' support – that's what I really care about, and I am sure I have it in abundance. The Telugus take me as a Telugu girl, and the Tamil treat me as one of them. What do you feel about the offer of the role in 'Pournami,' being produced by the makers of 'Varsham' and 'Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana'? Very happy indeed. I feel I am back home, sweet home. I always take Sri Raju's advice before I accept a role in any Telugu movie. I have special regard for Sri AM Ratnam, whom I consult before I accept any offer in Tamil. He is my guide. In 'Pournami' I am acting without make up. I was a bit hesitant about it, but when I remembered that I had no make up in Tamil 'Yuva,' I went ahead. My no-make up-action in Tamil did not make any difference to my audience's appreciation of me. So I am sure my acting without make up in 'Pournami' will also be well received. Have you ever thought of venturing into Bollywood after your success in the south? No such idea right now, a Bollywood offer is certainly welcome. But it will be foolish to go for Bollywood movies in preference to the offers here, especially because I have a firm base here. You have had a success run in Telugu. Is it the same in Tamil? No. I've had my ups and downs in Tamil with flops and average runs. If after months of strenuous labor a movie flops, it can be terribly distressing. However, I feel that failures ward off the evil eye on my successes. Is it true that you frequent discotheques with your friends? Yes, but rather rarely. I go to these places only with my very close friends and people who know me well. I suppose there is nothing wrong in it. Is it true you have hiked your remuneration abnormally? I am not the 'make hay while the sun shines' type. If only I had been after money, I would have accepted every offer I got. I okay a movie only if the producer is happy about my remuneration. I don't even mind coming down a little, if the role is a challenging one. Anyway, that's between me and the producer. When are you going to be the mistress of your home? If by that you mean my marriage, let me assure you I have no such idea for the present. If you are talking about my home, it is under construction, and you will be surely invited to the house warming function. Your talk reveals you as a smart and intelligent girl with foresight. Are you going to invest in any venture? I want to start a restaurant. That's good business in India. My restaurant will be a youth's paradise. Not now, of course. Perhaps five or six years later. What do you want to achieve as a heroine? Only one ambition: to act in successful movies. Success or failure is not in our hands. As far as it lies in my capacity I want to choose good scripts, with the fond hope that they will be hits. Success is another matter. What matters to me more is, how many hits I have acted in, rather than in how many movies I have starred in. 'Trisha is an artiste capable of doing any role,' is the recognition I wish to have. My objective is to work hard to keep up this image.