Trisha on working with Rajinikanth in Petta: I am a fan first, then a co-star

By: IANS | Chennai | Updated: September 30, 2018 10:23:38 am Trisha will be sharing the screen space with Rajinikanth for the first time in Petta. Related News

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Actor Trisha Krishnan, who teams up with superstar Rajinikanth for the first time in upcoming Tamil actioner Petta, feels her career has come full circle as she joins the films sets from October 1 in Varanasi. “For years, Ive been asked when I will work with Rajinikanth. Honestly, this question has bothered me. Its time to finally shut all those people up as I join the sets of Petta from Monday (October 1) for a month-long schedule. I feel my career has come full circle,” Trisha, a die-hard Rajinikanth fan, said.

Its been her long-time dream to work with the Kaala actor.

“Ill always be a Rajinikanth fan first and then only his co-star. Ive met and interacted with him many times but Im sure its going to be fun working alongside him.”

Trisha is equally excited about her forthcoming Tamil release 96, slated for release on October 4. In Prem Kumar-directed 96, she teams up with Vijay Sethupathi for the first time.

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“This is one project Im really excited about. Im also quite nervous because of the highly positive pre-release buzz. Ive been reading posts on social media where people are already celebrating the film and thats making me nervous. We knew we were making a good film but we didnt expect this kind of pre-release hype.”

Talking more about the project, Trisha said, “I was quite intrigued by the script when I heard it the first time. The other factor that really drew me to this film was the opportunity to work with Vijay. Its a love story and we havent worked before, so it makes it a fresh combination.”

96, a unique love story, revolves around two batch-mates from the 1996 batch, Ram and Janu, who meet 20 years later at the school reunion.

“Love is underplayed in the film. We dont play characters who express their love in words. We dont say it to each other but it still gets conveyed. Youd find our performances very genuine because we didnt really act,” she said, adding that all the credit goes to the director.

“Prem is the kind of director who doesnt like to go for too many takes because he feels wed lose the spontaneity. Even if wed get a dialogue wrong, hed still go ahead with the shot and correct the dialogue in the dubbing. We never felt like we were acting.”

On sharing screen space with Vijay Sethupathi, she said, “Hes the least intimidating star Ive worked with in my career.”

“Neither does he have the star aura nor the actors aura. If he had any kind of aura, itd have been very intimating to work because hes an amazing performer. He made working with him very comfortable right from the first day.”

Recently seen in a few women-centric films such as Mohini and Nayagia, Trisha said she will continue picking projects she finds interesting.

“Im really not after women-centric scripts. If I find an interesting project, Ill go ahead and do it. Im glad the shelf-life of an actor is changing. Actors like Nayanthara and Anushka have been around for a long time and theyre doing very well for themselves.”