Leading actresses Rakul Preet Singh and Priya Prakash Warrier were reportedly unhappy with their ill-defined roles in their latest release Check. Similarly, actresses Nidhhi Agerwal and Nandita Swetha had openly expressed displeasure over sharing screen space in the Silambarasan-movie ‘Easwaran’, which was dubbed into Telugu.
Rakul is an A-lister in Telugu, who has gained a huge following over the years. So it’s possible she was a tad disappointed with her role in Check which may also have been why she didn’t attend the promotion of the movie that released on 26 February.
But producer Anand Prasad, who bankrolled Check, which also starred Nithiin, says, “Nothing of that sort happened. Rakul is a top-rung heroine and was expecting a song in the movie but we couldn’t accommodate her wish as it could’ve disturbed the flow of the movie. Otherwise, it was great working with Rakul as well as Priya Warrier, although the film didn’t live up to big expectations at the box office.”
Similarly, Nandita Swetha also declined having any skirmishes with her co-star Nidhhi Agerwal during the making of ‘Easwaran’, which was released during Sankranti. She said staunchly that she always shared great rapport with her co-heroines.
“I’ve done two-heroine movies and I haven’t had any issues with any of my co-stars; in fact, I am friendly with all of them even now,” she remarks.
Nonetheless, it might seem to a layman that the two or three heroine roles in films have short-changed the careers of some actresses. Although actresses such as Anu Emmanuel (Agnyathavasi and Alludu Adhurs), Catherine Tresa (Nene Raju Nene Mantri and World Famous Lover), Regina Cassandra (Nakshatram and Seven), Hebah Patel (Mister and Orey Bujjiga) Nabha Natesh (Disco Raja and Alludu Adhurs), Surbhi (Gentleman and Raghuvaran B-Tech) had started with solo heroine roles, their career graphs slowly compelled them to take up two-heroine roles to remain in the reckoning. Some even gravitated towards Tamil, Malayalam and Hindi movies. —Deccan Chronicle
