She’s an architect by profession who found her way into cinema. We are talking about Thejaswini, the heroine of Andhra Mess, whose name has been kept under wraps by the team so far. In a chat with CE, she reveals that it is the passion for the medium that prompted her to take the plunge into cinema.
When she’s not busy handling her household, Thejaswini is busy with the architectural plans of houses and hotels. So how did she get into films? She laughs and says, “I’m an avid movie lover and watch two movies a day on an average. It’s exciting to be an actor. It’s the one profession in which you can be somebody other than yourself and live the other person’s life on screen. It’s something that has always fascinated me. So when the opportunity to do films came along, I grabbed it.” Thejaswini says that her husband, also an architect, gives all the support to pursue her newfound profession.
Thejaswini’s connection with the film industry dates back to the time she designed Lingusamy and Thota Tharani’s offices as an architect. But her actual venture into the showbiz happened when a friend suggested she try her hand at TV anchoring. “I ended up anchoring Thanga Mazhai and Champions of Sun TV. It was there that someone spotted me and gave me a role in Malai Pozhudhin Mayakathile, starring Aari. I was the second lead. Later, I did a tiny role as the villain’s wife in Maan Karate. Somehow, I got selected for Andhra Mess as the lead since director Jai was looking for someone my age,” says the actor who just turned 30.
Talking about her role in Andhra Mess, a film with four male characters, she says, “I play a girl in her thirties, who is depressed and annoyed with the world. I had to shed my tomboyish, short- haired look in real life and sport long hair and look more feminine,” she says with a grin.
Thejaswini idolises Tabu. “I want to do roles that matter, like Tabu. I know I’m not 18 and can’t wear skimpy clothes and run around trees. But whatever role I get, I want it to be significant. I’m testing the waters in cinema and so far the journey has been most rewarding.”