Aparna Balamurali: ‘My experience in ‘Soorarai Pottru’ still helps me’

When it rains, it pours. Aparna Balamurali is aware of that properly.

Again in February 2019, two of her initiatives — Tamil movie Sarvam Thaala Mayam and Malayalam movie  Allu Ramendran — launched on the identical day. Reduce to 2022 and this sample repeats itself. Each  Veetla Vishesham and her debut internet sequence,  Fingertip Season 2 (on Zee5), launch this Friday.

“It feels nice. I’ve been ready for releases for some time, and that two initiatives popping out on the day is additional particular,” says Aparna.

The second season of  Fingertip, which additionally stars Prasanna and Regina Cassandra, sees Aparna taking part in Shruti, a psychologist. It revolves across the lives of six people affected by the ever-changing digital house. “When the director (Shivakar Srinivasan) narrated its storyline, I used to be as a result of it’s a topic that society wants to look at, and study. The tech-thriller style could be very fascinating. Most of us can relate to topics like negativity on social media, which can be showcased on this season.”

That is Aparna’s first internet sequence, and he or she is trying to discover the house extra sooner or later. “It’s an fascinating method to convey a narrative. Whereas cinema will get over in a few hours, with all of the twists and turns packed in it, a web-series offers you the scope to finish each epidode on a excessive. The ‘what’s going to occur subsequent’ offers you a really totally different sort of an adrenaline rush.”

Aparna rose to reputation amongst Tamil cinema followers because of her position in Suriya-starrer Soorarai Potru (2020), a movie she regards as ‘life-changing’. “Not simply due to the celebrity it introduced put up launch, however as a result of intense coaching and workshops that occurred earlier than its filming. It helps me even now whereas I’m on any movie set,” she says.

“Everyone knows how large a star Suriya is, however the character I performed (Bommi) was a powerful, unbiased lady chasing her desires. Even at the moment, girls stroll as much as me and inform me that they wish to be like Bommi. That’s an enormous praise,” says Aparna, who’s presently doing Malayalam movie  Thangam with Vineeth Srinivasan and has just a few different Malayalam initiatives within the pipeline, “I’m additionally wanting ahead to movies like  Veetla Vishesham, which make you’re feeling at residence whereas in theatres.”

Aparna comes from a household of musicians. Her dad and mom are each into music. “Since childhood, I’ve been listening to them. I’m the sort of one who cries listening to sure songs; music implies that a lot to me. I hope to sing in movies and work on some unique songs too throughout time.”