Rajshri Ponnappa plays a demure girl in her next

Actress Rajshri Ponnappa, who is still remembered for her uber glam role in Happy New Year, is trying something different in her next, an as-yet-untitled film that co-stars Prajwal Devaraj. “I have begun shooting for my film in Bengaluru. I play a lawyer’s daughter in the film, who is very innocent and much like the girl you would see next door. When people think of me, they always picturise a very glamourous image. This was one of the reasons why I chose to sign up for this film,” she says.
Rajshri, meanwhile, has finished shooting for her Tamil film alongside Samuthirakani. Quiz her about what kept her away from signing a

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film all this while, and she says, “I’ve also been busy working with the campaign -- Kodagu For Change. This is an initiative to rehabilitate the people who lost their homes and livelihood to the floods in 2018. We’re a bunch of youngsters who want to create awareness and also ensure that people get back on their feet. We have also been on massive clean-up drives in the area. What angers me is the level of ignorance from the people across the nation. No one knows that Kodagu is affected and others blindly think Kodagu is a part of Kerala. We’ve also been championing the cause to ensure some more people come forward to help people in that area.”