Kaveri Priyam: I started my acting career as a madhu makkhi

Television

actress Kaveri Priyam

is thrilled. After playing supporting characters in TV shows, she will finally be seen playing a lead role in Ziddi Dil Maane Na. She will portray the character of a military doctor.

“After my show

Ye Rishtey Hai Pyaar Ke

ended in October last year, I auditioned for this show in November. Then I did Shakti Astitva Ke Ehsaas Ki untill March and then started on this one. Playing the lead role in a show is a big responsibility but I am all ready for it,” says Kaveri.

Her journey in showbiz began when she came to Mumbai in 2016. Before that, Kaveri was preparing to appear for certain competitive exams in Delhi after completing a course in engineering. But destiny had other plans.

She shares, “I wanted to be an actress and in 2016 I came to Mumbai from Delhi. I started with my acting classes and trained for over a year. By the end of 2017, I started giving auditions. I used to give 20-25 auditions in a day. That continued for a while and then finally I started getting work. I have friends who are scientists and doctors and my parents too had different expectations. They wanted me to do something similar. But then they understood that I wanted to do something different."

The thought of becoming an actor first came to her mind when she was in her Class XII.

“I was in my classroom and that is when my teacher recognised me as an actor. I had worked in a play and she had watched it. That gave me a high in life and I decided that this is what I want in life,” Kaveri says.

Not many know that she started her journey with Naagin. “It was a very small role. I was a part of the show for a month but the most interesting part is that I had played the role of a madhu makkhi (honey bee). It was hilarious and fun but that is how it all started,” she signs off.