Exclusive interview: ‘Waiting to make the leap’, says Sara Arjun

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By Y Sunita Chowdhary

17/05/2023

From Saivam (2014) remake Dagudumootha Dandakor (2015), Sara Arjun’s latest appearance is in Mani Ratnam’s Ponniyin Selvan 2 (2023).

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Asked how aware was she that she was an actor, Sara Arjun says “Only when I am on sets it hits me, otherwise, I never let it come to me that I am an actor.”

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“Acting has been passed on to me from my father Raj Arjun. This is the best career option.

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I realised during the shoot of the Malayalam film Ann Maria Kalippilaanu (2016) that what I was doing is something I loved, and I am so grateful ever since,” adds the actress.

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She is also very clear about her career, “Academics is not my interest, though I am good at it. It is something that I must know and am supposed to know, but it isn’t something I would pursue.

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For my first internship, I assisted Rajkumar Hirani with Dunki, which stars Shah Rukh Khan and Tapsee Pannu.

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Speaking about her craft, Sara Arjun states that acting is a skill that can’t be acquired but only be polished. “I should be hundred percent involved to the extent I put my soul into it.”

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She signs off, “I want to visit an acting school abroad, just do a small course to see what method acting is about and what their approach is. Want to take many courses and explore.”

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