Ad model Divya Parameswaran debuts as heroine

You could have seen Divya Parameswaran in TV ads. But now she has debuted as heroine through the film Ponnar Shankar which had Prasanna in the lead role. She while speaking to the media said,"I was born in Chennai but brought up in Bangalore. I have completed engineering in Information Science. My father was Colonel in the army. Now I am in Mumbai with my parents.

I was in the modeling field for the last 6 years. Many are asking me that since I was a city bred girl, was it not a risky affair to act in the historical film Ponnar Shankar.

To tell the truth I accepted the heroine role since it was a historical film. In TV ads, importance is given to the product then the model, but in cinema we cannot easily escape. Since I understood the story and had the confidence that I can give the best performance, I agreed to jump in the field. About the experience acting in this film, I should say it was very thrilling.

Have you have ever seen a python in a close distance. Director Thyagarajan told me about the sequence wherein a fifteen feet python will cling on me and I should try to escape. I started shivering when I heard this. But somehow I managed to do the sequence without showing my fear."

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