Not insistent on doing only serious roles: Surabhi

National award winner for roles that connect with people

April 12, 2017 01:40 am | Updated 01:40 am IST - KOCHI

Actor Surabhi Lakshmi at the Ernakulam Press Club on Tuesday.

Actor Surabhi Lakshmi at the Ernakulam Press Club on Tuesday.

Winning a national award holds the risk of being typecast as a ‘serious’ actor. But Surabhi Lakshmi, who won the national award for the best female actor for her performance in Minnaminungu , wants to get out of the trap at the earliest.

“I will have to sit at home without any work, if I insist on doing only serious roles after bagging the national award,” she told mediapersons at the Ernakulam Press Club on Tuesday.

A theatre artiste from Narikkuni near Kozhikode, Surabhi recalled that she used to stage oppana and dance along with her friends during her school days. “Later, in college, I tried my luck on stage by dancing to the popular film songs of those times,” she said.

Stating that her life at the Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit helped her fine-tune her acting talents, Surabhi pointed out that campus life opened up the world of theatre before her. “I had the chance to act in various theatre productions,” she said.

Surabhi bagged the first rank as an undergraduate student of the Department of Dance before she joined the Department of Theatre for post-graduation. Her teachers said she had played key roles in various theatre productions. “Surabhi had this excellent talent of getting into the skin of the character,” they said.

Surabhi said she was ready to take up a variety of roles in the coming days. A popular actor among the television audience for her memorable performance in the show, M80 Moosa , the actor said she hoped to take up similar roles that would connect with people instantly.

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