Where does an actress go after playing Cleopatra's magnificent death? Why didn't Shakespeare write more - and more powerful - roles for mature women?
I grew up on a staple of films where I saw actors like Waheeda Rehman, Smita Patil, Shabana Azmi, Madhuri Dixit, Sridevi playing very powerful parts in films.
I want to do content-driven film, powerful roles which I've never done before.
I don't mind playing someone's girlfriend or wife if I have something to say, if I bring something to the picture, if I can be strong and powerful and say smart things. If not, then it's just boring.
I get to play a lot of powerful, smartest women in the room. And that's deeply satisfying.
I'm happy to be getting accolades for my role in 'Endrendrum Punnagai;' I'm getting powerful roles and would star glamourously if the script demanded so.
The roles that are written for women as they grow older in theater are much richer and much more powerful.
People see me in powerful roles. That's what people want to see. That's what I want to do.
When you are old enough to... play powerful parts, who cares if you are 45, 55 or 65?
I tend to gravitate toward the more powerful roles. As opposed to the doe-eyed girl who bats her eyelashes and runs around in towels, you now what I mean? Because that kind of makes me want to vomit.
I like dark, dramatic roles; they're just really powerful and real.
