South cinema’s Sheroes are taking the hits themselves. The actress joins the growing band of actresses doing demanding action without body doubles in Raja Krishna Menon’s untitled psychological horror film
Trisha Krishnan has delivered a tougher avatar in Raangi.
Trisha Krishnan is starring in a new psychological horror film, the Tamil directorial debut of Raja Krishna Menon.
She is joined by industry veteran Radhikaa Sarathkumar and National Award-winner Aparna Balamurali in the untitled project, which is also Menon’s first psychological horror film and his first story centred on women.
Trisha will be performing her own stunts in the film. “We did suggest a body double, but she is all for doing her own action scenes,” Menon, known for helming Hindi blockbusters like Airlift, Chef, and Pippa, told this writer.
The actress joins a growing breed of Sheroes from the South who are determined to do away with body doubles for dangerous stunts. Several prominent Tamil and Telugu actresses have been performing their own high-octane stunts.
This shift highlights the growing trend of female-led action movies in South Indian cinema, requiring actresses to undergo rigorous physical training in martial arts, sword fighting, and underwater diving.
SOUTH SHEROES LEADING THE WAY
The heroine is no longer waiting to be rescued.
· Trisha Krishnan has delivered a tougher avatar in Raangi.
· Rashmika Mandanna takes the fight underwater in Mysaa.
· Samantha has taken on bruising martial-arts action in Yashoda and Maa Inti Bangaaram.
· Anushka Shetty went sword-to-sword in Rudhramadevi.
· Nayanthara has packed plenty of action into Jawan and Netrikann.
· Keerthy Suresh has gone the action route in Good Luck, Sakhi and Dasara.
