Sonakshi Sinha is making her Telugu cinema debut with supernatural thriller "Jatadhara" and she is all-praise for the industry. She believes it is disciplined and provides a healthy work-life balance.
“Jatadhara”, directed by Abhishek Jaiswal and Venkat Kalyan, stars Sudheer Babu and also features Shilpa Shirodkar in a pivotal role.
About the difference between the working culture of Hindi and Telugu industries, Sinha said, "There are not many differences but their timings are very good, very sorted. They work only for a particular number of hours. Work-life balance is very good over there, which is something that we can definitely learn from them.”
The actor said in the Hindi film industry, shoots go on for hours.
"(In the south) if you come for a shoot at 9, you cannot shoot after 6. You are not allowed. I think that is something that is really nice about that. It's a bit more disciplined, I would say," she added.
Sinha, who collaborated with superstar Rajinikanth in 2014 for Tamil film "Lingaa", is excited about her Telugu debut and hopes to work in more movies from different language cinemas going forward.
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“I've done one Tamil film ('Lingaa') before and now doing this Telugu film. I'm very open to it. I don't think language is a barrier anymore. And I would love to explore more (regional cinema).”
The actor, known for “Dabangg”, “Lootera”, “Akira”, “Happy Phir Bhag Jayegi” and “Khandaani Shafakhana”, will be seen in the role of antagonist Dhanpisachini in the film.
Sinha, also known for her streaming shows "Dahaad" and "Heeramandi", said she considers herself a director's actor.
"Jatadhara" also features actors Divya Khossla, Shilpa Shirodkar, Indira Krishna, Ravi Prakash, Naveen Neni, Rohit Pathak, Jhansi, Rajeev Kanakala and Subhalekha Sudhakar, and will release in both Telugu and Hindi.
The film is produced by Umesh Kumar Bansal, Shivin Narang, Aruna Agarwal, Prerna Arora, Shilpa Singhal, and Nikhil Nanda and co-produced by Akshay Kejriwal and Kussum Arora and slated to release in theatres on November 7.
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