Sneha Ullal is prompt in answering her SMs. No assistants, No PR managers. “I’m very particular about that, the last time I hired one I goofed up on the protocol and they were actually doing my interviews. All I got is a bad reputation. They revolve you, manage you very well but also I believe that out of sight is being out of mind. I want to talk, know people,“ says the dainty looking and petite actress.
A Manglorean basically, Sneha was born and brought up in Muscat and moved to Mumbai later on. While doing her graduation, she got her first break in Salman Khan’s Lucky and thereafter did five more films out of which three are ready for release. Ullasanga Utsahanga is almost done and Sneha opines it is a superb launch for her as the film revolves around her. She plays a complex role here, and the reason why she chose to work down south is, that she was bugged with the same innocent and childish roles being offered. She says, “I want to grow, language is no barrier. For Ullasanga Utsahanga I would go to Hyderabad for discussions every month. I was so involved with the character that I started living with it at home.”
In Mohan Babu’s son Manoj’s film, she is playing one of those two girls who is trying to get the hero in a different kind of way. Ria Sen’s and Sneha’s role is pretty equally distributed, this one Nenu Neeku Telusa is coming out in September. There is one hindi horror film by Sangeet Sivan and a light kidnap comedy by Ashok Tyagi. The actress adds that for a stimulating role, she stayed at home idle for six months and spurned innumerable offers. Finally she accepted an English film about an NRI girl settled in the USA.
So have her colleagues started comparing her to Aishwarya too? She replies instantly but sounds slightly bored, “I used to get bugged earlier but not anymore. Anyone would love to be called and be known by their own name. But I guess it’s okay with me, Aishwarya is not an ugly woman. By comparing aren’t they indirectly giving me a compliment?”
