Rumours circulate about everybody, but as long as my family is clear about me-SAMEERA REDDY

Sexy actress, SAMEERA REDDY is right now shooting for Nagesh Kukunoor’s tentatively titled film Bemisaal at Kherjala Fort, some two hours drive away from Jodhpur.

The city girl is staying in the 200-year-old fort totally cut off from the outside world with no newspapers or TV for company. “The power sometimes goes off at night and it gets so dark but it’s a beautiful place,” says the actress, adding, “it’s quite tough for a city girl like me. I miss Bombay and I miss eating a hot bhutta at Bandstand when it rains. For me, rain is romance,” says the girl. She continues, “But Nagesh is like that when he shoots a film. He expects his actors to concentrate on their roles and hence takes them away from their natural setting. In this way he takes out great performances from them,” says sexy Sam who’s playing the interesting role of a Dalit woman in the film. “It’s a fiery, character-driven role and I loved the way Nagesh has shaped up the realistic role,” she reveals going all ga-ga over the film.

After playing dumb blonde in Race, Sameera seems to have finally arrived in Bollywood and how! She’ll be seen in Priyadarshan’s next as well as in a film called Red Alert based on the naxalite movement by Aruna Raje. She’s also awaiting the release of her animation film Mahayodha Ram where she’s given a voiceover for Sita.

There’s also Mira Nair’s film Migration in her kitty. Ask her about the sudden change and she replies excitedly, “Race was actually the turning point in my career. It was a challenging role for which I was appreciated a lot. Now I get access to a lot of good roles. I can pick and choose films that are more commercially viable. Basically I want to do work that I’m passionate about. In a way my mindset has changed towards roles and films,” explains Sameera. So has she taken a break from doing movies down South? “I’m also doing films in the South as we can’t overlook their popularity in the world market. In a way, I’m trying to maintain a balance between Bollywood and Tollywood,” she says.

Coming to her personal life, is she still single? “I’m single till I’m not married,” she says not wanting to talk anything more about the topic. And how does she manage to keep her personal life under wraps? “Well, some people really wear their heart on their sleeves. I’m not like that. I believe that if you let people into your life, then you become answerable to them. I guard my personal life very ferociously. People might speculate a lot of things but I feel I’m answerable to them only for my work, nothing more,” she says sternly, adding, “Rumours circulate about everybody, but as long as my family is clear about me, I don’t care about anybody else.” That’s sexy Sam for you - bold and beautiful!