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UN STOP PABLE ALAYA F.

Elle India

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June 2024

From her debut in 2020 to her latest film alongside Rajkummar Rao, the actor admits she's still finding her feet and isn't worried if she hasn't peaked yet

UN STOP PABLE ALAYA F.

There’s a refreshing maturity to Alaya F., a trait that hasn’t been diluted by the machinery that seeks to control what celebrities say and think. But it wasn’t always that way with the 26-year-old. Now six films old, with her latest release being Srikanth, which spotlights the incredible true story of Srikanth Bolla, a visually-impaired industrialist and the founder of Bollant Industries, and stars Rajkummar Rao in the titular role, Alaya believes she’s coming into her own. “I’ve evolved as an actor. I want to think that I’m a director’s actor, so with the kind of synergy that develops between me and a director, I am steadily pushed to grow and challenge myself. I love being on sets where I’m challenged and pushed and feel like I’m levelling up,” she says.

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