She made her debut with the Tamil film, Mythili Ennai Kaathali, in 1986, and became quite a sensation overnight. After working in all the south language films, and even in Bollywood, Amala quit the industry post her marriage. Though she’d made a comeback in Tollywood a few years ago, her last Kollywood venture was the 1991 release,
Karpoora Mullai
. And now, after 28-odd years, the actress is all set to reappear on Tamil screens with Sharwanand-RituVarma’s film, which is being directed by
Shree Karthick.
Confirming the news, producer SR Prabhu tells us, “When Karthick narrated the script, he told us about this particular character and how it would be great if Amala ma’am could do it. I heard that she was not very keen on doing feature films then, but we decided to give it a try. We met her for a narration a few months ago. After hearing her character sketch, she sounded excited and said this was the kind of script she was willing to do in Tamil.”
Talking about her role, Karthick, who comes from a short and ad film background, says, “It’s a solid mother character — to
Sharwanand — and not somebody who just breezes through the screen for the sake of it. It’s a strong character and has to give out that positive vibe as well. Even when I was writing this character, I only had Amala ma’am in mind because she has a pleasant face and a smile that can spread cheer. Since she hadn’t acted in Tamil for so many years, she’ll also add that freshness factor to the script. It’s a Tamil-Telugu bilingual, and she has already started shooting for her portions in Hyderabad. She’s speaking in both these languages, and she is very fluent in Tamil.”