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Engineering the Actor Within

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January 05, 2025

Parvati Nair talks about her latest film Mr Rani, her career so far, and multiple projects on her plate.

- BINDU GOPAL RAO

Engineering the Actor Within

Former Miss Karnataka Parvati Nair loved studies. The Tamil superhit film The Greatest of All Time (GOAT) actor topped her batch at the Manipal Institute of Technology. So, how did she find her footing in movies? "I always wanted to be a fashion designer and loved to paint.

While I did some theatre, my English teacher in school told me that I was a good actor and should aim for Bollywood." At that time, Nair did not think much of it. However, her teacher's words somehow remained stuck in her head.

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