Priya Mani on her highs and lows in career

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South Indian actress Priyamani won a National Award early in her career in 2007 for her searing portrayal of a woman who’s brutally gang-raped in the Tamil blockbuster Paruthiveeran, but that honour and awards glory didn’t insulate her from the highs and lows in her career. Daily headlines from the UAE and around the world brought to you by Gulf News. See more at: http://gulfnews.com/videos

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00:00It's great that women are coming out and you know finally they're telling their stories

00:15what happened and I think we need more people like that.

00:20I would just say better late than never because I believe in voicing out your opinion and

00:26I'm very happy that at least the girls today they're not afraid of anything and they're

00:32just like yes this is what has happened to me.

00:36But to talk about the other side also since we just read one side of the story we don't

00:42know both the sides obviously the ones who are accused of it they ask for proof.

00:48My only question is or my only defense to that would be why would girls just come out

00:54just to malign your name or something you know obviously they're telling their story

00:58because something has obviously happened to them which is why they're coming out and they're

01:01saying that look such a thing has happened to me.

01:04They may not have had proof at that point of time but now I can say that they may not

01:10have proof I'm not saying that they do not have they may have but only if something has

01:15happened to them they're coming out and they're saying that look something like this has happened

01:18to me.

01:19I'm really proud of all these girls who are coming out and coming out in the open and

01:24they're not afraid of the consequences per se as opposed to even though it is a male

01:30dominated industry I'm very happy and very proud that girls are finding their foothold

01:36in the industry and you know they're coming out with such a thing and it's great.

01:45The hero Prithviraj, Prithvi gave me a call and he said listen I've seen Parthiviran and

01:50Dara Ra is doing very well and you've done a good job and I want you to talk to a director

01:56I'm doing a film right now and there's a very author backed role that is there for you.

02:03So that's when I got on phone with Ranjit sir and he said listen this is the deal I

02:07want you to do this role and he explained the role to me on the phone.

02:12Immediately my very first question was sir do you think I can do the role because it's

02:17really an author backed role, it's very heavy, do you think I can do it?

02:22So he said that's why I'm calling you I mean I have seen Parthiviran, you've done a good

02:26job and I believe you can carry this role very well.

02:31So that's how I got Thirakkada and it was Ranjit sir who gave me a lift in Malayalam

02:40industry he gave me yes and then once he came up with Pranjyetan, Ranjit sir is one

02:45person I can't say no to because he's given me such wonderful films like Thirakkada and

02:51Pranjyetan obviously so when he came up with Pranjyetan I just couldn't say no to him.

03:00You have to give it back when people actually when they need it.

03:05I tolerate it when they are there up to a limit but once they cross the limit then I

03:10can't take it and especially when it comes to my personal life because Mustafa is not

03:17of I mean obviously he's a Muslim and I married outside my caste and look at the end of the

03:22day if my parents don't have a problem and his parents don't have a problem I don't think

03:26the world should have a problem and even if they do let them keep it to themselves right

03:29let them not bring it to our personal life and interfere in our life because I mean I

03:35have been a victim of a lot of trolls just because I got engaged and I got married to

03:41a guy who is not a Hindu and I initially I felt bad that why are they taking you know

03:48their hatred on to us but now I give it back as good as I get it.

03:57I'm doing a reality show in Malayalam which is for yeah it's for this channel called Zee

04:02Malayalam so it's called Dance Kerala Dance so I'm one of the judges in that then I have

04:09another reality show in Telugu as well which is again a dance show it's called D and they're

04:13on the 11th season it's my second season with them apart from that I have a couple of films

04:19one Kannada film is ready for release I have signed I think probably December Jan maybe

04:27is my guess yeah then I have I've signed on a Kannada film as well which I will be starting

04:35in December I've already started shooting for a Telugu film I've already finished six

04:40days of that I still have about 15 odd more days and then I've just well I'm playing I'm

04:47doing a role in this film called Padinettam Padi is directed by Shankar Ramakrishnan I

04:53can't reveal more on that but I can say that it's Padinettam Padi yes it's got a lot of well

05:00I can say it's it's it's it's a different film I mean I really can't say more I really want to

05:06but yeah I'm working yeah I'm there in it it's but I can say that it's a very prominent role

05:15pretty important in the it's an important role in the film that's basically Shopre is one such

05:30it's a retail therapy as you said where it's a basically a bridge between India and the NRIs

05:39all over and I've had a lot of friends and relatives who you know they do shopping a lot

05:47of shopping online and basically when it comes to the Indian festivals and things like that for

05:52them to get Indian clothes it's where they live basically it's pretty difficult I mean you you may

05:58not get what you want what you desire so when you so Shopre is one such one-stop shop place where

06:07you can it's an it's like they basically they give you a virtual address and so you can buy

06:13all your stuff you can buy it from any of the online stores like your Flipkart and your Amazon

06:20and whatever whatever and then just they these so these guys will give you a locker personal

06:24locker so you can store all your items in this and you get it shipped between five to seven days

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