Anu Sithara's father has a role in Shubharathri

Shubharathri

, which is in cinemas now, is about relationships, and Dileep and Anu Sithara portray a couple with a young child. And in the film which features several prominent actors, is one surprising newcomer: Anu Sithara’s

father

.

“My family would visit me on the sets and my father kept asking if he could do a role, and I told him it might not be possible because the casting had all be decided. Then he called me one morning and said that he had asked the director

Vyasan

for a role and landed one for himself,” said Anu Sithara, speaking in an interview with an online channel. She said she inherited her interest in acting from her father who used to do roles in plays.