Priya Anand

I don’t want to be replaceable – Priya Anand on

Ten films later Priya Anand energy and drive is as it was four years ago. She’s determined to play the game on her own terms and make it in her own way. Defying the norms of the glamourous industry she belongs to she’s won hearts down South with her interesting selection of roles. In Hindi cinema she remains to be a new face, but one we want to see again and again. On the eve of the release of her 10th film, Fukrey, Priya catches up with me to talk about her latest Hindi outing and the experiences she’s gathered in the last four years. Read on for a stimulating discussion on the making of Fukrey and the making of Priya Anand as we know her today.

I’m actually quite excited driving around Chennai seeing the posters everywhere. excited for everyone else in the film as well because everyone is very new and theyre all trying to make a new life so I hope the film is what they are looking for.
was so anxious when auditioning for the part knowing very well this was very different to what I had done in the past but at the same time I wasn sure if its something I could do. So when they rang me back I was thinking why on earth are they calling me back! Mostly because I had realised in the audition that Mrigdir Mrighdeep Singh Lamba was a very tough taskmaster and  so didnt think could do what he required me to do. When I walked into the audition it was a scene out of Luck By Chance where there are so many people waiting to audition So many girls I recognised from ads and other work so I just said to myself that there no way Id make the cut. It just so happened they liked what they saw in me and their only concern was of course the language. Not only am I South Indian but more importantly I have an American accent and this film was to be shot in sync soundh