'Ninu Veedani Needanu Nene' is being loved everywhere: Anya Singh

Delhi girl Anya Singh, the female lead of 'Ninu Veedani Needanu Nene', is thrilled with the response to the multi-genre thriller. In this interview, the actress talks about her Telugu debut, working with Sundeep Kishan and director Caarthick Raju, her future projects and more. Excerpts

The response has been great. I, like the others associated with the film, was too tensed on the day of release.But by the evening of day one, the film started to get tremendous response from everywhere. The success of this film is special to me because it has happened in an unknown territory. I am not from this place and I know it will take time to just be accepted. Now that 'NVNN' has picked up at the box-office, audiences are thronging to the theatres in large numbers. Theatres are running to packed houses and that feels great.

I was roped in because director Caarthick Raju and Sundeep Kishan liked my performance in my debut Hindi film, . But I was battling some personal issues before shooting for NVNN as I had lost my father to cancer right after I chose to be in the film industry. I was shocked and devastated but I had to face it, absorb it and be back to normal.

Thriller has always been my favourite genre. The Hollywood film 'Seven' is one of my most favourite thrillers. 'NVNN' is not an out-and-out horror. There are several other elements. The concept is very different and it caught my imagination immediately.

I had expected the scary scenes to be challenging but shooting for the horror scenes was the easiest. However, doing the emotional scenes was a little hard because an actor has to put herself in that space to be able to pull off. The script of 'NVNN' is unique and, situationally, my character, Dia is emotional, confused and perplexed. I had to put in some homework for five days before starting the shoot.

Sundeep and Caarthick sir made me feel comfortable throughout the shoot. I was put in an environment I had never experienced before but the actor-director duo’s passion, talent and commitment really helped me throughout. The way Sundeep conducts himself with people is quite pleasing. And as a producer, too, he is equally good.

I have been approached by some producers but nothing has been finalised yet, so let me not talk about them. However, I will soon be doing a Tamil film and I am open to all languages. With Amazon, Netflix, etc., everything is so accessible nowadays and subtitles help a great deal. Telugu films, for example, are being watched everywhere in India. Half the Hindi-language channels on television telecast dubbed south Indian movies so language is no bar.