Raashii Khanna is one of the most popular and successful actresses of the South regional film industry. The actress has predominantly done some phenomenal work in Tamil and Telugu regional cinema and every time she graces the 70mm big screen with her presence, the audience simply can’t keep calm whatsoever. Be it acing glam-doll diva roles or characters which require a performing artiste to delve deep into emotions, she can balance everything wonderfully, much to the delight of her fans. So what does someone like her feeling about the portrayal of actresses in the South regional film industry? Well, as per reports in Koimoi, she was quoted by IANS saying,
“It’s still a male-dominated industry but I think women are making their way ahead considering the new kind of films that are coming. When I started my career, I was very lucky to start my career with ‘Oohalu Gusagusalade’, which was a Telugu film and established me as an actor, but post that everything that I got was very commercial. ‘Tholi Prema’ was a film that changed things for me because people then said that ‘she can act also.”
She further added complimenting actresses like Anushka Shetty and Samantha Akkineni saying,
“If you want to stay for long in the Telugu film industry, you have to be a good actor like Anushka Shetty or Samantha Akkineni. These are the women who are changing the way people are looking at actresses down South, which wasn’t there earlier. Earlier you had to just look pretty and do great in songs. Now you have to be a good actor and I think we have a bank of great actresses in the South as well. It is starting now and I still feel we have a long way to go.”
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