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‘3 hours of practice and straight to the shoot’: Meenakshi Dinesh on shooting a song in Jiiva’s ‘Thalaivar Thambi Thalaimaiyil’

‘3 hours of practice and straight to the shoot’: Meenakshi Dinesh on shooting a song in Jiiva’s ‘Thalaivar Thambi Thalaimaiyil’
Actor Meenakshi Dinesh shared her experience shooting a song for the successful film 'Thalaivar Thambi Thalaimaiyil'. She revealed practicing dance moves for just three hours before filming a celebration number with co-star Jiiva. The film, directed by Nithish Sahadev, is praised for its engaging narrative about a village president facing a scheduling conflict.
Jiiva starrer ‘Thalaivar Thambi Thalaimaiyil’ is running successfully in the cinema. The film helmed by Nithish Sahadev has opened to a positive response. Actor Meenakshi Dinesh, who is part of the cast, recalled how she shot for a song in the film. In a post shared on Instagram this week, the young actor revealed that she only practiced her dance moves for three hours. Meenakshi Dinesh appeared in the celebration song ‘Kalakalappa’, which also featured Jiiva.
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“3 hours of practice and straight to the shoot. That’s how TTT happened,” Meenakshi Dinesh said in the post. The celebration songs isn’t really a cake walk, but looks like, it was for the young actor! “Dance has always been my first language and I never miss a chance to speak it!” she added. She also dropped a photo taken with actor Jiiva during the shoot of the song. “Very grateful to have worked with @nithish_sahadev and the kindest human @actorjiiva sir and @pringlejones_ master,” she said. Check out the post here.











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