Memories of the fun-filled ride on Venkatadri Express linger as Rakul Preet Singh gets ready for her next release, Loukyam , this Friday. “It’s been 10 months since Venkatadri Express released. The film was a turning point for me,” she says. The actress began working on Loukyam , directed by Sriwass and co-starring Gopichand, in April this year.
Loukyam places Rakul in another comic setting, backed by Gopichand and the inimitable Brahmanandam. “The fun is mostly situational than slapstick. We are not doing outrageous things make the audience laugh but a few things we do in course of the film and what they leads to will make people laugh,” says Rakul.
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Venkatadri Express might have been her ticket to fame but she has been part of Tamil films Puthagam and Thadaiyara Thaakka . “I always dreamt of being an actress and began modelling when I turned 18. But in the initial stages, I didn’t know how to go about things. I became serious about acting after I quit college,” she says. A permutation and combination of factors, she outlines, goes into her choice of films: “I go by the script, director and cast.”
In between her Telugu films, Rakul is also shooting for Ramesh Sippy’s
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Her work leaves her little time to sleep but Rakul is happy. Once an avid golfer, now she manages to play once or twice a month. “My father was in the army and used to play golf. He taught me golf when I was quite young. Initially, I hated the game. Then it became an addiction and in high school, I played at a professional level,” she says.
Golf took a backseat when she turned to modelling. “I cut down on playing golf because I would get tanned,” she laughs.
The golf club will have to wait, for Rakul is in no mood to pause between shooting schedules.