Sanjana Krishnamoorthy
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Sanjana Krishnamoorthy, the heroine of Lubber Pandhu, a movie that has garnered each essential and business success, appears to have hit a six together with her very first swing. After making her display screen debut within the well-regarded OTT present Vadhandhi, Sanjana’s transition to the massive display screen has been spectacular. The movie’s sturdy field workplace efficiency and constructive critiques counsel her rise could solely be starting.

Sanjana’s performing journey started as a cheerful accident. She was a visible communication pupil in pursuit of constructing movies. Sanjana remembers, “I labored at a YouTube web page known as Superior Machi, the place I began as a graphic designer. However quickly, they requested me to behave in a few of their movies. I had no formal coaching at that time, however I loved the expertise..” She by no means anticipated it to guide wherever, however it did.

Her break got here when filmmaker-duo Pushkar and Gayatri’s manufacturing firm, Wallwatcher Movies, seen her YouTube work and invited her to audition for the Amazon Prime Video net sequence Vadhandhi. “I used to be nonetheless in my third 12 months of faculty after I obtained the decision,” she says. “I used to be decided to work with them, even when it meant simply being an assistant director. Fortunately, the audition went effectively, and I obtained the position.”

Within the thick of issues

For Sanjana, the trail to movies didn’t begin from a sudden “aha” second. “It wasn’t like I had an epiphany,” she says, “I grew up within the early 2000s with loads of entry to computer systems and tv. I used to be form of conscious of the behind-the-scenes work that goes into making a film.”

But, the journey wasn’t with out its challenges. Entering into the world of cinema required resilience and adaptableness. “I knew it wouldn’t be simple,” Sanjana displays, “However you actually can’t perceive the business till you’re in it. Irrespective of how a lot individuals warn you, you’re by no means totally ready for the lengthy hours, the depth, or the quantity of labor concerned. It’s solely via dealing with these challenges that you simply develop the energy wanted to proceed.”

One of many greatest surprises, Sanjana reveals, was the assist she discovered within the business. “I’ve been lucky to satisfy actually supportive individuals. As an illustration, Pushkar sir and Gayatri ma’am have all the time been there to supply steering. That form of encouragement makes an enormous distinction.”

Challenges and rewards

Her expertise on the set of Vadhandhi was a turning level in her strategy to performing. “Earlier than that challenge, I didn’t have a lot formal coaching,” she says. “I took half in a month-long workshop that modified how I noticed performing. The workshop taught me to organize totally and to assume extra deeply about character improvement.”

“For Vadhandhi, the performing was extra formal,” she explains. “However after I labored on Lubber Pandhu, it was fully completely different. The director, Thamizharasan Pachamuthu, needed a extra pure and spontaneous performing type. I needed to unlearn sure habits and be much less inflexible in approaching my traces and reactions.”

Sanjana Krishnamoorthy in ‘Lubber Pandhu’
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For Sanjana, probably the most rewarding elements of the challenge was the detailed preparation that went into portraying the characters. She labored with a pal accustomed to the native dialect to make sure her supply was correct. The nuances of physique language have been one other problem.

The dedication paid off. Lubber Pandhu garnered essential acclaim, and the reward from business veterans like Vetrimaran, Pa Ranjith, and Vijay Sethupathy has been gratifying for her.

The success of the movie is fetching new performing affords. However Sanjana’s filmmaking dream remains to be very a lot alive. She assisted Mani Ratnam in his upcoming movie, Thug Life, starring Kamal Haasan. “Engaged on a set with Mani Ratnam sir and Kamal Haasan sir was unimaginable,” she says of the expertise. “I used to be lucky to witness their collaboration firsthand and be taught from their experience. Their strategy to planning, improvising, and eliciting performances was really inspiring. I’ve all the time felt like there was a lacking piece in my cinema journey thus far. Working in Thug Life helped me fill that hole.”

With Vadhandhi, Lubber Pandhu, and Thug Life, Sanjana seems to have scored a hat-trick. “I’ve been getting a whole lot of affords, however I don’t need to rush into something. I need to make it possible for the story is one thing I need to watch in a theatre and that my character is well-written.”