Anya Singh pins hopes on her Telugu flick

After doing Hindi movies like 'Qaidi Band', young actress Anya Singh made her debut in T-town with 'NVNN.' Apparently, she is upbeat about the response to the genre-bending thriller. "The great response for this film is special to me because it has happened in an unknown territory. I am not from this place and it will take some time for the people to accept me," she says and adds, "I was roped in by director Caarthick Raju and Sundeep Kishan as they liked my performance in my debut Hindi film.

After I became an actor, I lost my father due to cancer. I was shocked and devastated. I had to face it, absorb it and be back to normal," The lanky girl, who hails from Delhi, has been to boarding school in Ajmer and graduated in Sociology and Political Science. "I wanted to be a psychologist, but destiny had other plans for me" she informs. Coming back to her spooky film, "Actually, doing scary scenes was much easier in comparison to doing emotional scenes. My character is emotional, confused and perplexed, so I had to do some home-work before commencing the shoot," she points out. Her favourite Hollywood thriller is 'Seven' and loves doing nail-biting thrillers. "Although thrillers are my favourite genre, 'NVNN' is mix of various elements including horror, that's the uniqueness of this movie," she reasons.

She intends to do more Telugu movies and learning the language.

"T'wood is a great place to work. Already, I have a couple of offers, but I haven't taken a call yet," she informs. She claims that Sundeep created a comfortable environment to enable her to give her best. "The way Sundeep conducts himself with people is quite pleasing. And as a producer, too, he is equally good," she added. She is taking social media comments in her stride, "Some are appreciating my work, while few others are passing negative comments, That's Ok. Coz, social media is part and parcel of our lives," she says with a glint of confidence.

She is planning to do a Tamil film, "I have a three-film contact with a production company. I am open to all language movies. With Amazon, Netflix, etc, Telugu films, for example, are being watched everywhere in India. Everything is so accessible nowadays. Subtitles help a great deal. Half the Hindi-language channels are telecasting dubbed South Indian movies. Hence, language is no barrier for an actor." she signs off.