This is an interview with glamour gal "Charmi" At the age of 13, she acted as a housewife in 'Nee Thodu Kavali'. She is not even 16 now. She is already making inroads into Tollywood. She is currently acting in Bapu's latest film 'BAPU BOMMA'.

Tell us about yourself?
I am from a very normal family in Vasai, Mumbai. One day I was walking on the road, a model coordinator spotted me offered me a modeling assignment. I said I was not interested. He asked me to come for the shooting of a film. I want there and saw Abhishek Bachchan, Hrithik Roshan and Kareena Kapoor working for a film. Somebody spotted me over there and offered me a role in 'Nee Thodu Kaavali' in Telugu. I had my vacations going on at that time, so I said yes. I acted the role of a housewife at the age of 13.

After completing 'Nee Thodu Kavali', my vacations were over. After reaching Mumbai, the bug of acting started biting me. I wanted to become a Hindi film heroine. I used to travel by local trains in 2nd class to scout for the opportunities as Bollywood heroine. I struggled for 3 months. Then T Rajender sir signed me for 'Kadal Azivadilai' (Kurradochadu in Telugu). And my acting career took off. I did 3 films in Tamil and one film in Malayalam. Then I made a re-entry into Telugu with 'Neeke Manasichanu' starring Srikanth.

How do you feel working with such a great director who is none other than Bapu?
Bapu Garu is a great director. i am feeling very happy to get a chance to act in his film. I now understood why every body like bapu gari films after working with him.

What is Your character in this film?
My character is a girl of age 16, and name of the character is pinky. In the shooting Bapu garu Repeatedly told “Thokalani monkey pinky”. Seeing my character in the film you will feel like seeing an ordinary Young girl who is very naughty and you also feel like seeing a neighborhood naughty girl .

We will be reminded of Long hair, Naughty eyes and many more when we hear about bapu’s film So did you do any effort to achieve it?
Every day I practiced in front of Bapu garu by giving poses and winkling the eye and lip movements at least for one hour. I did a lot of effort to learn these things. Saree, half saree, waist band, Bindhi, Mehandhi like this you can see all the features of “BAPU BOMMA ” in this character.

We also heard that you are being considered for Allu Arjun's film 'Badrinath'?
Talks are on. I will let you know about it soon.

We heard that you have even fixed a weighing machine in your van?
(giggles) Who told you that? It is true. I keep a weighing machine and watch with me wherever I go. Time and weight are two things, which are really important to me. If I value these two things, I can reach my destination.

What are your strengths? What are your weaknesses?
Positive thinking and confidence that I would shake the film industry, Chocolates! I am very moody. I am trying to have control over my weaknesses.

You entered film industry at a small age. How are you going to continue your studies?
Why do people study ? To have a job, earn money and have a good life. If I am having all those things and even more than that now, why do I need to continue studying?

Don't you think you will miss college life and fun with friends?
I think I am enjoying 3 times more that what I should have enjoyed going to college and spending time with friends.

How different is your life in Hyderabad compared to Mumbai?
It is same for me. I am not the kind of girl who takes everything in the life as it comes. I make the life happen the way I want it to be. Mumbai is more polluted and Hyderabad is less polluted. This is the only difference I noticed.

How did you feel when you saw yourself first time on screen in a public theater?
My mom wept after seeing me on big screen. I also wept, but for a different reason. My role was getting over in the first half itself.

You are earning so much money at a tender age. Are you not spoiling yourself?
What is big money? It is not come on my way yet. Even if I get 100 Arabs, it is not a big money for me. I am a girl who is never satisfied. My parents are proud of my earnings. I think I am earning just 0.5% of amount I deserve. 99.5% of money is yet to come.

Tell us about your hobbies?
My hobbies keep changing. One steady hobby I have is reading. I have been a champion in swimming since my childhood days. I love dancing and chatting. I am very fond of cosmetics.

Who are your favorite actors and actresses?
Amitab Bachchan, Shahrukh Khan, John Ibrahim, Rekha, Dimple Kapadia, Juhi Chawla, Soundarya, Ramya Krishna, Trisha, Shriya, Genelia and Bhumika Chawla.

What is your dream role?
I want to do 10 different characters in one film. I heard that some other actor did 9 roles. I want to beat it. I don't mind playing the role of even a hooker or a 2-scene role. I would do it for free if any producer offers me this dream project. If nobody comes forward, I don't mind producing that film myself. I sincerely hope that some director would offer me these many roles after reading this interview in idlebrain.com

Who is your role model?
Nobody! I am not highly inspired by anybody. I am a fan of many people. I try to grasp particular things from everybody.

If you were given an opportunity to be born again with specific qualities/features from various people, how would you like it to be?
I would like to have eyes of Aishwarya, figure of Jennifer Lopez, a boy friend like Shahrukh Khan, brains like Krishna Vamsi, smile like Juhi Chawla and acting talent like Dimple Kapadia in Bobby.

We heard that you are giving more importance to tamil film?
Nothing like that, I am interested in tamil also but I am getting more offers in telugu.I got one offer in Tamil, but I have four offers in telugu.

Would you mind giving your yahoo ID for ONLINE visitors so that they can chat with you whenever you pop up on their messengers?

I want to share my yahoo ID.

My yahoo ID is charmykaur and yahoo mail ID is This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

I encourage everybody to chat with me and give their valuable suggestions. I am on invisible mode when I am chatting with friends. I am on visible mode when I want to meet movie lovers and fans. I love my PC and would love to reply to all messages and mails I get!

Do you want to say anything to ONLINE visitors?
I have been browsing websites for a long time. My brother is also a computer freak. It's good, without any wrong gossips. I get my quotient of Telugu film information from ONLINE websites, I can see that there is something new added to the site everyday. I recommend it to my colleagues that they should Browse everyday for at least an hour.