I believe performance adds more to beauty than make-up or skin colour. Through my roles, I want to break the myth that heroines can only play certain kinds of characters. “I have played a 75-year-old as well as a 16-year-old. Aishwarya is currently working on Mani Ratnam’s Chekka Chivantha Vaanam, Kanaa, which features her as a cricketer, and Lakshmi, where she once again plays a mother. For Bollywood, she worked in the Arjun Rampal-starrer Daddy. This led to her stepping into other film industries, starting with Malayalam, where she did Jomonte Suvisheshangal with Dulquer Salmaan and Sakhavu with Nivin Pauly. Her performance won rave reviews and her turn as the mother of two children in a slum proved to be a careerdefining role. But it was Kaaka Muttai that was a turning point in her career. She went on to star in films like Rummy, Pannaiyaarum Padminiyum and Thirudan Police. Her work was appreciated and Aishwarya realized that even a small role in a hit film could give her good exposure. After struggling for two years, just when she was about to quit, she got a chance to play the second lead in Pa Ranjith’s Attakathi. Asking around, I found that film actors got paid much better.” Not that it was easy to get a look in, especially since she wasn’t fair-skinned. “I considered working in serials, but learnt that it paid only around `1,500 a month. After graduating from Ethiraj College, Aishwarya Rajesh went on to win a dance reality show.
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