In conversation with the Drama Queen

British Council, Hyderabad organised a program of Suchitra Krishnamoorthi in conversation with Mohammad Ali Baig at its premises followed by a short reading from the book ‘Drama Queen’. Speaking on the occasion Suchitra mentioned that there was a lot of opposition from her parents to her decision to move into the entertainment industry. “Those times were different. My parents were very concerned about my taking up acting.

Today, I do not mind my daughter pursuing her dreams in the entertainment industry. After all, every child has his/her own intelligence. One must learn to trust it. Even when I published my book, I got into some small arguments with my publishers who backed out of the deal. It was just like a blog continuously being updated with my thoughts, before I decided to publish a book. At that time, many publishers were apprehensive of what I was writing as a woman, maybe I was ahead of times.

Finally, I could get a publisher, who was interested in the content. Luckily most of the readers understood the thoughts and were with me. Even when I enacted the excerpts in a play, there were many women, who identified with the cause and met me after the play” said Suchitra. She spoke about her interest in painting, “Painting really happened by chance in my life. I was going through difficult times. About 10-years ago during the ‘Ganapati puja’ festival, I was getting thoughts of colours all around and they led to nearly 66 canvases in a period of two weeks.” “

“As far as films are concerned, it’s a more relaxed way of working. If you are not ready or unwell, you can still come back and do the needful. In theatre, it’s ‘the moment’. If you are not into it, you are going to lose the audience. Art is curative and like Mathematics, music is a language.”
“I am a Telugu girl but have lost most of the language koncham koncham,” signs off Suchitra.

By JAYWANT NAIDU