No Mallu blues for Hinal
Malayalam was quite an easy language' says Hinal, who is marking her Mollywood debut with IDI
An actress from Mumbai debuting in Mollywood does not call for even a cursory raise of the eyebrows anymore. The audience would have lost count of the number of other industry actresses trying their luck in Mollywood. Add another name to the list- Hinal from Mumbai who is debuting in the Sajid Yahiya’s IDI.
Even if her name is not familiar, Hindi serial buffs would know some of her characters. A singer, a model and one of the seven finalists in a beauty pageant, Hinal had two reasons for choosing to start her career down south — her acquaintance with director Sajid Yahiya and the insistence of her Mumbai Malayali friends.
She says, “Even though I was modelling, singing and acting in serials, I was also auditioning for Hindi films. Since I was brought up in a convent school, I have a lot of Malayali friends who suggested that I try Mollywood.” Soon she got the IDI offer and she gushes, “I never thought I would do a Malayalam film but I did! Since I am a singer, I love singing in different languages and I thought it would be good to try out a different language — one which is admittedly difficult to master. The happiest lot are my Malayali friends.”
Language too was not much of an obstacle, reveals Hinal. “Thanks to my friends, I can understand Malayalam to a certain extent and can also talk a fair bit. However, on the first day of the shoot, I found it difficult to understand the accent since Malayalis speak very fast. Since I knew a few words, I could understand some dialogues and the rest, I asked around. After some time, I got the hang of it. The production people were very helpful,” she remembers.
Hinal plays the role of sub inspector Zarina Rawuther, a suspense character in the film, and she does not want to reveal more. “I want the audience to go watch and then judge my acting. Sajid is a good friend and Jayasurya is an amazing co-star. I never got the feeling that I was acting in my first film.” She has signed up for another Malayalam project which will see her playing three different stages in life, a movie Parchaayi and a Hindi movie too.