Beauties showing their villianous side

Beauties showing their villianous side.Gone are the days when actresses are used to play to play damsel in distress or second fiddle to heroes. They even enacted stunts and showed their prowess and versatility in female centric films, playing the roles of cops, politicians, sportswomen and army personnel.

Now, Hemanth Madhukar asks “Why can’t actresses take up roles with dark shades?" Talking about Swasika Vijay's villianous role in Ravi Teja's Irumudi, he adds “Swaswika’s character came as a surprise and shocked the audience. That is the difference when a male and female actor portrays such a character, as you least expect a woman to behave in such a way.”

He spoke about Ramyakrishnan's role in Rajinikanth's Padayappa and Aishwarya Rai's role in Ponniyin Selvan. He adds “When a top actress takes such a role to the next level, more actresses are encouraged to give it a shot. Tamil actresses like Sriya Reddy in Pogaru and also in 'Salaar' and 'OG. Similarly, Varalaxmi Sarathkumar rocked in Telugu films such as Krack and Veera Simha Reddy have shown that women can convincingly play powerful antagonistic roles and hold their own against stars like Ravi Teja and Balakrishna.”

Anasuya played negative role in Pushpa and Manchu Lakshmi did the same in Anaganaga Oka Dheerudu. He added “Playing only romantic leads or feel-good characters can limit an actress’s talent. Grey and dark roles allow women to bring a different perspective to the story. In Pushpa, Anasuya’s dominating character, who controls her husband and also his smuggling business, added a completely different dimension, and the audience lapped it up.”
- Pramod Nandivada