Former Miss India finalist Tanya goes de-glam to play a medical student next

After scorching the screen with her cop act (as ACP Catherine) in Jagapathi Babu’s Patel S.I.R recently, Tanya Hope is going ‘completely de-glam’ in her next. The

Miss India

2015 finalist will play a medical student in the upcoming romantic drama, Paper Boy directed by

Jay Shankar

. “My character is totally different from what I’ve played in my last couple of films. While I was seen sporting a swim suit in Patel S.I.R, in this film I play a simple salwar kameez-clad MBBS student. She’s a practical girl who doesn’t get too emotional about anything. But a quirk of fate sets in motion a sequence of events that unleash a whirlwind of emotions inside her, and challenge her detached outlook. How she reconciles with the realities of life is the crux of the film,” reveals Tanya.




The native of Mangalore is paired opposite newcomer Santosh Sobhan in the film. “It’s a cute love story where I play Santosh’s love interest and Sripriya plays the other girl. I’m pretty thrilled about working with
cinematographer

Soundararajan

of Ravi Teja’s Bengal Tiger fame. We recently finished the first schedule of Paper Boy in Hyderabad and soon we’ll start filming the second schedule,” says the actress, who is foraying into Tamil and Kannada film industries as well. “Yes, I’m acting in a Tamil film featuring Arun Vijay and then I have a Kannada project starring Upendra. So far, things are looking good, touch wood,” she says, signing off.