MY TURNING POINT STARTED AFTER ANNAMALAI – AISHWARYA

( By N.THYAGARAJAN)

A turning point in R.Aishwarya's life started only after she acted in Radaan TV Productions' Annamalai, a mega-serial produced for the Sun TV. She did the role of the Jothi, a second daughter to Madam Radhika. She thankfully acknowledges the director C.J.Bhaskar who studied the hidden talents in her. In an interview, she comes out that acting is inborn talent hidden in everyone. It is the creator who should identify and bring it out from persons, according to the actress Aishwarya.

When this reporter went to her flats, she was hurriedly packing for the outdoor shootings of the Namma Kudumbum for the Kalaignar TV to be launched soon. She acts in a main role with actress Kushboo directed by Sundar K.Vijayan.

"I have my own practical experience to tell this. When I was anchoring "count-down" programme for the Jaya TV channel for more than a year, many producers noticed me and might have thought that I could fit in for acting. But at that time I felt acting before camera was a new thing" says Aishwarya.

"Very few have noticed me when I acted in a friend role for Ganga, Yamuna, Saraswathi Sangamam. The mega-serial was telecast by the Sun TV in the evenings between 7 to 7.30 PM when most of them returned homes from their offices or many youngsters were concentrating on their studies" says Aishwarya.

Aishwarya did character roles in Hansa Visions' Agal Vilakkugal, and Abhinaya Creations Maangalyam simultaneously but they too were telecast in the afternoon hours. She says 'the roles in the two serials were good, but it was watched by a very few house wives at that time.

Now Aishwarya is appearing in the prime-time serials like Muhurtham, Anandam and in the morning hours in Bandham. "I never allow anyone to give voice for me and hence I act and go straight to dubbing theaters to finish off my work" and adds "I get satisfaction by doing it".

Aishwarya who hides nothing from her talks, tells that she has been chosen to act in Namma Kudumbam with Kushboo. She did her graduation through correspondence courses and her father Rajamani is a retired business man. Her elder sister is settled in the USA after marriage. Aishwarya has two Pomeranians as her pets, lives in Nandanam in a small apartment.

Besides Tamil serials, she is acting in Telugu serials like Katha Kaani Katha, Thalambaraalu, Maa intti Mahalakshmi and Malli.

On seeing her performances in Annamalai as drug-addict, Aishwarya started receiving offers to act in films. She did the roles of a friend of Sneha for April Maadhathil, a deaf and dumb role in Thavasi, Jothika's sister in Dum Dum Dum and in Lovely she did the role of Malavika's sister.

However Aishwarya feels, that acting in mega-soaps had given her hopes, that she would able to do any roles, and in the future, if her husband allows her she would continue to act in soaps but not in films.