‘I’ve no issues with the Kannada industry’

She’s been in the industry for four years already, having started off at the tender age of 16. In the time since, Haripriya has managed to make a name for herself not just in Sandalwood, but other south film industries too.
And the actor, who for the longest time maintained that Kannadiga girls were not preferred heroine material in Sandalwood, is now happy that people are sitting up and taking notice of her.At the moment, Haripriya is sitting pretty with four Kannada films in hand.
“There’s Khiladi Kitty opposite Kitty, Manjina Hani, Super Shastri and Saagar. It’s amazing because I’m the same person who complained that Kannada heroines are not preferred in Sandalwood. Finally, producers are more than happy to offer films to heroines here. I have no issues with the Kannada industry now,” says Haripriya.
And Manjina Hani, she says, is the film to look forward to. “Though Ravi sir has instructed me not to talk about the story of the film, I’m eagerly awaiting its release, as this movie will be a turning point in my career,” she says.
The actor, who turns 20 today, has other reasons to celebrate apart from her birthday. “This time it will be a grand celebration as my recent two films — Pilla Zamindar in Telugu and Muran in Tamil — have done well,” she says. But hasn’t she been 20 for some time now? People in the industry claim she is much older. “I don’t have to keep showing my passport to people to prove my age. Why should I lie about my age? People are jealous because I’ve achieved so much at such a young age,” she maintains.
It also seems that Haripriya is favouring ensemble casts these days, including in her latest Muran. “There are two other female actors in the film. But they have just two or three sequences in the entire movie. Can they be called heroines in the film? Even if they can be called so, I am Cheran’s love interest in the film and that’s what counts ultimately,” she says.
Contributed by Mahesh H