Sudeep’s much-anticipated film Pailwaan has hit the screens. The S Krishna directorial also stars Aakanksha Singh, Suniel Shetty and Sushant Singh. The film delves into the life of a wrestler (Sudeep) who is spotted by Suniel Shetty’s character. He guides and mentors him to compete in a championship. The multi-lingual film is releasing in Kannada, Hindi, Telugu, Tamil and Malayalam.Before making it to films, Aakanksha enjoyed a successful television stint, having played the lead in popular shows like Na Bole Tum Na Maine Kuch Kaha and Gulmohar Grand. The actor was also part of Alia Bhatt-Varun Dhawan starrer Badrinath Ki Dulhaniya.The physiotherapist-turned-actor from Jaipur made her Tollywood debut in 2017 with Malli Raava and then went to be a part of Devadas. In an exclusive chat with indianexpress.com, Aakanksha Singh shared that she is ‘excited and a little nervous’ about her Kannada debut. The 30-year-old also opened up about Pailwaan, working with Sudeep and what made her move to the south Indian film industry.The producer of the film called me one fine day. Since I had no links in the Kannada film industry, I was not very sure of the authenticity of the call. She narrated the story to me but somewhere I took it all very lightly. Only when her office called, I knew that this was something serious. I then went to Bangalore, where we did a look test. The team felt that I perfectly fit the character and we worked on the dates. That’s how it all happened, in a very simple manner (smiles).Initially, when we were just discussing the film, I wasn’t aware that he is the male lead. Only during the narration, they mentioned ‘makkhi’ (laughs), that’s when I got to know that I will be opposite Sudeep.
