Akshay Kumar's actress Shanthi Priya spoke openly on 90's Stars vs New Comers Debate. exclusive
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00:00 These days, the magic of 90s superstars is on everyone's mind.
00:05 On one hand, where the 90s stars are coming back,
00:10 on the other hand, newcomers are struggling to get a foothold in the industry.
00:17 Shantipriya, a 90s star, spoke openly about this topic.
00:22 Let's listen to what she said.
00:25 I would like to ask, the comeback of 90s stars is happening.
00:30 I see 90s stars everywhere.
00:32 Big screen, big teeth. How do you feel?
00:35 Not everywhere, but everywhere.
00:37 90s stars are ruling everywhere.
00:41 And we are going to do it in the future too.
00:43 Newcomers will have to struggle a lot.
00:46 We have struggled in the 90s.
00:49 This season is our season. All the 90s stars are just beautifully taken over.
00:56 Movies, OTTs, anywhere.
00:59 So, yes, newcomers have to struggle now and fight with us to get over there.
01:03 When you talk about struggle, I would like to know,
01:07 what was the struggle of those newcomers that they have to face today?
01:12 Today, there is not much for newcomers.
01:18 Because there are a lot of casting directors, everything is going on.
01:21 Because in our generation, in the 90s, we never had this casting thing at all.
01:27 Talent management or casting agencies or something like that.
01:31 Our profile pictures used to go.
01:37 And the story writer used to narrate the story to the direction and the production director.
01:43 Production department, producer and director.
01:47 And then when they think that 1, 2, 3 is the person who can lead the female or male lead,
01:53 they used to get in touch with us.
01:55 They used to directly get in touch with us.
01:58 And then they used to narrate us the story.
02:01 And we liked it. We said yes. And then no look test, nothing.
02:05 And then we used to just go on the floor to shoot.
02:08 The struggles that you had to go through at that time,
02:12 what are the 3 struggles that you remember and think, thank God I got out of that.
02:18 I want to say the same thing.
02:21 Actually, I think in the 90s we never had that struggle, so much of struggle.
02:28 Because when, see, I don't know, I think it must be blessed for me also because I was Bhanupriya's sister.
02:35 So I was accompanying her when I was studying.
02:39 So when the director saw me for Yengavuru Pattikaran, that's how I'd been introduced in the film industry.
02:45 So the director saw me and he said we want exactly this innocent girl who can play that character.
02:52 So it became easy for me, at least.
02:55 So I never went through any profile pictures or anything.
02:59 But later I did profile pictures and all. But I still have those profile pictures.
03:03 So we did that. But in the beginning, that first break for me, it became easy.
03:07 So I have not gone through. But my sister has also not gone through when she got her first break
03:13 because we were basically classical dancers.
03:15 So when we performed, and that is how she was being introduced by Bharati Raja down south.
03:20 So he came to our show. He was a chief guest over there.
03:24 When he saw my sister and me performing, he saw my sister and then he said, "Would you like to act?"
03:29 So that's how we got that. So it used to be, the platform used to be like that.
03:34 Not like going from one office to another. At least in my circle, what we heard or anything from our colleagues of the 90s,
03:40 we never had down south that.
03:43 Even in the Hindi industry, when I did Bollywood, it was the same. I did Vishwa Mitra.
03:47 After seeing Vishwa Mitra, Raj C.P. Sir and Keshav Ram gave me an offer.
03:52 "Will you do Hindi pictures?" Because by the time I did 20-25 pictures down south.
03:56 So I said, "Yes, of course. Why not?"
03:59 So that's how the offer came for me, like on a platter kind of.
04:03 Well, this was Shanti Priya's story.
04:05 Which 90s star's comeback did you find the most special?
04:09 And whose comeback do you want to see next?
04:12 Do let us know in the comment section.
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