Padmapriya Janakiraman Quotes

Padmapriya Janakiraman

Profession : Actress

Birth : February 28, 1982

Shwetha Menon is my good friend and I have nothing against her. But, the Kerala State Award for the Best Actress has been given to her for Paleri Manickam' in which somebody else dubbed for her. I received only the second best actress award for my performance in Pazhassi Raja,' where I have dubbed in my own voice.

Padmapriya Janakiraman

If the character you play on screen has to have life, you should dub in your own voice.

Padmapriya Janakiraman

Lack of dignity and equal opportunity at workplace for women in cinema is a truth that needs role reversal.

Padmapriya Janakiraman

WCC is not an arbitrator, it's a collection of people who represent and protect the interest of women in cinema. We are an organisation that facilitates solutions for a just work space and don't see ourselves as arbitrators of justice.

Padmapriya Janakiraman

It wasn't because of Striker's bad performance that I didn't sign any film in Bollywood. There wasn't much to do in Bollywood, and the offers weren't great too.

Padmapriya Janakiraman

I'm excited to work in Bollywood, but I want to be part of meaningful projects.

Padmapriya Janakiraman

Apart from being an actor, I'm an academician. I wanted to pursue something with which I could bring about a change in society.

Padmapriya Janakiraman

I'm an army kid with floating feet.

Padmapriya Janakiraman

Hyderabad is home after all. This is where I grew up.

Padmapriya Janakiraman

I would like to be part of all kind of cinema and will jump at any opportunity that allows me to experiment as an actor.

Padmapriya Janakiraman

I am hungry as an actor.

Padmapriya Janakiraman

Usually people are apprehensive about facing the camera for the first time. But for me, it was the most natural thing.

Padmapriya Janakiraman

I started dancing at a young age. When I became busy with films and studies, dance took a back seat. Also, it was constricting for someone like me, who is not religious, to do something which is so deified.

Padmapriya Janakiraman

I felt I should get back to stage performances because I really enjoy them.

Padmapriya Janakiraman

I don't believe in cutting down or increasing the number of films I do.

Padmapriya Janakiraman

Some years you have more work and some years less. That does not bother me. What matters is the end product.

Padmapriya Janakiraman

I am a greedy actor, and it upsets me losing work I have wanted to do, but that is a motivator not a dampener.

Padmapriya Janakiraman

I have been part of films like Rajamanikyam' and Seniors,' which had genuine comedy and I am comfortable with the genre.

Padmapriya Janakiraman

Yes, I have had more commercial success in Malayalam but that doesn't mean I can't do with more in Tamil.

Padmapriya Janakiraman

I've never been linked to a co-star or director, never had drunken stupors or been disrespectful of a producer's position. I don't have parents intruding in filmmaking affairs and so on. I'm a professional and like to look at myself that way.

Padmapriya Janakiraman