The chariot and the fairy Godmother were in place and so were the glass slippers that turned her into a princess. The clock struck 12 but she still remained a princess and continued her fairy tale, not in a palace but at the marquee. Anupama Parameswaran found herself catapulted to the glare of limelight and the popping of the flashbulbs from her college classroom of CMS Kottayam, thanks to the super-hit movie Premam that rewrote her destiny. Her dream run is continuing with Tollywood calling with not one, but three projects.
Anupama will be reprising her role of Mary in the remake of Premam in Telugu titled as Majnu opposite Nag Chaitanya. Also in the offing is one film directed by Venu Sree Ram opposite Ravi Teja and a Trivikram Srinivas film with Nithin and Samantha. It is an understatement to say that the young girl is over the moon. She does agree, “Yes, a lot has changed in my life; I was just a college student busy with my studies but now though a beginner, I find that I have to rearrange my life to accommodate my films.”
The change she is talking about is, “I have taken a break from my studies to pursue my film career. Once the Telugu films start, I will be busy and may not be able to attend my regular classes without falling short of the attendance required. The college authorities have been supporting me as much as possible but three films would be imposing too much. I may either rejoin college later on or study privately which I still have not decided.”
Obviously Anupama wants to make hay while the sun shines. She had been listening to scripts in Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada and Telugu but it was Tollywood that she gave her nod to, coincidentally on the occasion of the 100th day celebration of Premam. Considering the lengthy schedules in Telugu and her back to back projects, Anupama would find it difficult to accommodate other language projects but she mentions that she does have a Malayalam project beginning next year.
On the private front too Anupama is facing a loss of privacy but she is not complaining. She says, “You cannot get everything your heart desires without some compromises and in this case, my privacy. I am asked for autographs, selfies and often get called Mary but I am enjoying this phase because not everyone gets to experience such adulation. My role was small but it got a lot of attention and for that I feel blessed. Thanks to Premam.”
Does she have male admirers serenading her and singing Aluva Puzhayude Theerathu or falling over themselves outside her house? Anupama laughs, “I can see some fans trying to peep into my house but nothing more than that! I do get a lot of messages on my social site mostly complimenting me but some mention that they love me and would like to marry me!”
Many of her admirers rate Anupama’s curly, thick crowning glory as her most attractive feature. Telugu is associated with glamour in every facet and that goes for the locks too with most heroines sporting smooth, straight and glossy manes. Anupama very strongly says, “I don’t think I am going to cut my hair and one such statement of mine even courted controversy when I commented in jest that even if Mani Ratnam sir asks me to cut my hair, I wouldn’t do so; that comment got blown out of proportion though I was speaking in a lighter vein.”
The comment may have been a quip but she is very clear when she says, “I do not want to cut or even chemically treat my hair; my curls are a part of my identity and there are options available if I do have to sport short or straight hair.” For now, Tollywood is beckoning.
