Gayatri Rema - People Will Judge You But You Will Have To Learn To Get Fixed And Let Them Not To Affect You (Actor)

I was a complete new comer with an incomplete background, experience and also didn't have any contacts. It all started by sharing my contact details to many directors and I used to attend all the auditions they keep and show up myself in spite of the difficulty faced in travel, time and so on. It was quite difficult but I slowly began to build my network as many directors started to like my work. Initially my challenge was to prove my acting capability irrespective of my zero experiences in the film industry.

1. Tell us about your background and journey.

I was born in Kerala and raised up in Mumbai and never in my wildest dream I thought that I would get into cinema. I graduated in Engineering and Cinema came to me by luck. I have a zero background in the film industry and no one in my family is involved in this as they are all into education field.

2. Did you ever think or dream of becoming an actor?

I am a Bharatanatyam dancer and I learnt it from the age of 13. I think that helped me in acting but I never thought of making it as my career and I wasn't very passionate about it. Dancing and other forms of art has been my interest.

I did my college in SRM university and next to my department is Viscom so I would be doing few short films and from there I got chance to take part in auditions and my for acting snowballed and it's been six years till now.

3. What are the challenges you face and how did you overcome it?

It was quite difficult but I slowly began to build my network as many directors started to like my work. Initially my challenge was to prove my acting capability irrespective of my zero experiences in the film industry.

My other challenges were to overcome issues that most of the women artists faces in the industry where people try to propagandize your thoughts and many more. I always believed in my hard work and that is what is making me to survive in this industry till date.

This actually took around three years for me to know about the industry in deep and the ways that I need to follow to make myself retain in this area of domain. So these were some of the challenges I faced so far.

4. What has been your takeaways from this film industry?

People will judge you but you will have to learn to get fixed and let them not to affect you. There will be people who will make you doubt your capability so you shouldn't give any space for that and you should always believe and feel confident about yourself.

Don't compromise on your principles for anyone. There may be days where your confidence will be shaken but one thing that you need to do is to just hold on and wait for the right time. These are some of the best lessons I learnt from the experiences that I gained in this industry.

5. What are your current and upcoming projects?

My recent film "Pei irruka bayamaen" was released on January 1 and another two film of mine was released on 5th of February. One is "Chidambaram Railway Gate" in Tamil and another one of my first Telugu film in which I played the female lead

"Pranavam" in Hyderbad.

6. What would you like to say to the future artists like you?

Don't believe everything what people say. Keep working hard and something on the other will definitely turn up well. Don't let the voices of others to come into your head. Just keep moving on and wait for the right opportunity and time to prove yourself.