Anupama Parameswaran

I believe that every single person attached to a film is a character and nothing more. I don't categorize them as hero, heroine, etc.

My focus is on acting where I am fully engrossed in and improving myself.

There is no rushing into things and am patient for good roles to come.

I am thrilled to debut in Kannada alongside Puneeth Rajkumar. I know of him and what a big star he is.

On Onam Day, we wake up early in the morning and have a small pooja at home. After that there is onakkodi, where we exchange clothes with each other.

The best part of Onam is the food. For breakfast, we have ila ada and boiled bananas with banana chips, it's a brilliant combination.

I had been getting several Kannada film offers ever since 'Premam.' While a few of them did excited me as the roles I was offered were interesting, I couldn't be a part of them due to my previous and ongoing commitments.

Following my studies, I started giving auditions which eventually ended up with me working on 'Premam.'

I had only a few days in Bengaluru, which is why I could not pick up on the language even though I love to learn new languages.

I appear only in the first half of 'Vunnadi Okate Zindagi,' and in 'A Aa' I hardly appear in two to three scenes as Nagavalli.

Honestly, I don't think screen space matters much; it's the impact your character creates that is important.

In 'Premam,' I hardly had anything to do, but everyone who has seen it, still remembers me.

I knew that the glamor quotient is high in Telugu movies when compared to Malayalam. Hence I was careful while opting for the roles in Tollywood.

I definitely want to complete my studies but I prefer to do one thing at a time.

Many stories came to me but I was not happy with the roles that were assigned to me.

I was into deep depression for a month. When I realized that it is taking a toll on my mental and physical health, I consciously started working on it by doing more exercise and trying to stay happy.

In the beginning of the lockdown days, I was very active and motivated. I made sure not to waste a single moment and tried to be organized and disciplined.

Things went topsy-turvy when two of my dogs died all of a sudden due to a parvovirus attack.

Director Alphonse Putharen came to my life as an angel and transformed my families' lives. That's why we named our home 'Premam.'

To my bad luck, my first schedule for 'Natasaarvabhowma' was in Kolkata and I was not really introduced to the language.

I come from a middle-class background and there was none to lead me through to movies.

I am a kind of person who never gets satisfied.

As an actor, I am greedy. I want to experiment with all actors and directors.

I was not confident about my hair before films happened. But today, my hair is something people like the most in me.

'Premam' is the reason why I am what I am now. If anyone knows Anupama, it is because of Mary. I don't think any other character had the same impact.