I feel accepted here now: Sanjjanaa

... says Sanjjanaa, who after five years in the industry, is happy with the work she has been getting in Sandalwood Prathibha Joy
Sanjjanaa is back in town after a strenuous 23-day schedule in Singapore for her film Rebel with Aditya. And the actor is hoping that she will get to rest for a while before she leaves on another foreign shoot for her film Sagar with Prajwal Devraj.���������This year, I have more or less been living out of a suitcase as I���������ve been on several schedules to Malaysia and Singapore for my films. In fact, this time I was off shortly after returning from a 25-day schedule in Singapore for Casanova,��������� says Sanjjanaa.
On her return, though, the actor was immediately thrown right back into work, when director R Chandru called her for a special song in his film. ���������Chandru sir and I have worked together earlier for Mylari, one of my biggest hits in Sandalwood. He called me and said, ���������Sanjjanaa, you are doing a song for my film with Kitty and Priya Mani.��������� I wasn���������t sure at first, as I thought it would be an item number and insisted that he give me a role in the film. But it���������s a cute situational number with a south Indian feel to it that has nothing hot about it. But men will find anything hot,��������� laughs the actor.
Rebel, meanwhile, is nearly complete, says Sanjjanaa. ���������We just have a schedule left in Bangalore. I play a kleptomaniac in the film whose life turns around after she meets the hero. The most difficult part of the Singapore shoot, though, was a sequence in a song that required me to have a python around my neck. I was petrified. The snake was very heavy and it kept moving around as though trying to coil itself around me. I was shivering, yet somehow managed to hold on to it for a couple of takes,��������� explains Sanjjanaa.
The actor is also excited about the back-to-back releases she has this month. ���������Mathe Banni Preethsona has just been rereleased, a week later comes R Chandru���������s film and at the end of the month there���������s the Ravichandran film Narasimha. Early next year, I should have Ondu Kshanadalli and Rebel releasing. With the kind of work and appreciation I���������ve been getting, I feel accepted here now. Being a Bangalore girl, it was difficult to crack the industry. Filmmakers normally find local actors very fussy and prefer to work with B-town exports who are easier to handle. But I guess I have found my footing here now,��������� she says.