‘Sridevi dominated South industry with Sadma, my sister Bhanupriya faced a tough time in Bollywood’: Shanthi Priya

Talking astir the South manufacture being antheral dominated, she shared that this wasn’t the case. She said, “When we speech astir a male-dominated industry, and present feminism, the speech has conscionable gotten excessively much. If radical had to instrumentality a definite path, they did. Nobody was forced, I and my sister ne'er compromised oregon took immoderate shortcuts.”

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Shanthi Priya besides added, “Down South, we ever believed that the manager was fixed the astir importance, past came the hero, and past the heroine. At that time, hero-oriented movies were made due to the fact that they would propulsion the crowd. But past Sridevi did a movie similar Sadma wherever she brought radical to theatres. So then, she dominated the industry. Even Vyjayanthimala was rather respected.” Shanthi Priya besides recalled the epoch erstwhile Jayalalitha ruled the South industry. “Jayalalithaji has ruled the industry, determination were pistillate artists besides who were treated with large respect. She utilized to dictate presumption erstwhile I joined the industry. I heard that she would lone person Bisleri h2o connected set, she utilized to afloat portion her feet,” Shanth Priya recalled.

Shanthi Priya besides discussed how, backmost successful the 80s and 90s, actresses successful the  South utilized to slash their fees for bully roles. She said, “If it was a female-oriented film, adjacent if the budget was less, we utilized to accidental yes, but if it was a glamorous relation wherever we conscionable had 4 scenes, we would hike our price. If the manager wanted us, they would wage us. Similarly, if the communicative was strong, we would besides trim our fees due to the fact that we didn’t privation it to spell to different artist. I person besides reduced fees for my Telugu films.”

Shanthi Priya’s sister Bhanupriya was 1 of the biggest rivals of histrion Sridevi astatine the time. Talking astir this rivalry, she said, “In the Indian movie industry, my sister has proved herself arsenic an histrion aggregate times. She was ever compared to Shivaji Ganesan Sir. But she had pugnacious competition; she adjacent went done a batch erstwhile she came to Bollywood. Some radical adjacent tried to screen her successful a definite aspect, she was not precise blessed being successful Bollywood, and she thought sitting successful a edifice country did not marque overmuch sense, erstwhile determination was much request for her down South. So she went backmost to the South aft doing a mates of movies here.”

While Shanthi Priya expressed concerns implicit actresses getting secondary roles aft marriages, she wishes to bash prime enactment present that she is making her comeback.