Actor Rakul Preet Singh has tasted success in Bollywood with her recent film De De Pyaar De but down South, she’s one of the superstars who has worked in some big films, the recent ones being Manmadhudu 2 (Telugu) with Nagarjuna and NGK (Tamil) with Suriya. Now, she’s gearing up for Marjaavaan in Hindi and will be seen sharing the screen space with Kamal Haasan in the much awaited Indian 2.At the IIFA press conference in Delhi, Rakul spoke to indianexpress.com about her career graph, her upcoming films and the shift in the Indian film industry.I have grown up watching IIFA. I remember this one time when Priyanka Chopra was performing in an orange saree. It was the moment when I wanted to get on the platform. Now, the fondest memory is the fact that I am associated with them. While this is my first year at IIFA Mumbai, I have been associated with IIFA South for last two years.I can tell you it is a different character who has ‘bhari bharkam’ dialogues and is a full-on masala character with 90s flavour to it. She has a lot of ‘nazakat’. She’s into poetry. It is like an extended cameo appearance. The offer came to me when I was working on De De Pyaar De and I thought why not do something that is different and not been attempted in recent times. Sometimes you do roles to challenge yourself, to see if you can pull it off or not. So, I am happy how my character has shaped up in the film.Apart from the Hindi films, I have a Telugu film with Nithiin.
