In an exclusive interview for Lehren Retro with senior most journalist Bharathi S Pradhan, megastar lady Meenakshi Seshadri shares her plans for doing a fiery item song in a blockbuster movie like Pushpa 3. The Damini actress opens up on her comeback in movies & elaborates upon the choice of roles she would like to portray in her 2nd innings in Bollywood. The Ice Maiden star also recalls the time when she took a break from films & shifted to The United States Of America post marriage. Watch Meenakshi Seshadri's 2.0 reboot version with Lehren. #meenakshiseshadri #pushpa3 #alluarjun #meenakshiseshadriinterview #pushpa2 #damini #ghatak
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00:00I have a desire right now that I don't have any item song.
00:13I know. You are a dancer but you don't have an item track.
00:19Pushpa 3 min. I swear, I want everybody should sit up and
00:26say wow. Yes.
00:29This is an item song. Absolutely. Yes. I hope all the film makers
00:33and choreographers are listening. Here is an item girl all ready for you.
00:39So that thought, for an item girl you have to be in your early 20s or you have to have
00:45a certain look or appearance. So I want to deny everything.
00:49Lovely. You will do it. When we do the next interview, you will be talking
00:53to me about your item song. But you know what is happening here. You didn't get time to
01:03see everything. I know what is happening but I am more focused
01:11on myself. How can I put myself in today's environment?
01:17What can I do to improve myself? So I am on the path of self-improvement and self-awareness.
01:30And I think if I do that, it will be most beneficial for me.
01:36I know that the announcement will come from the producer.
01:41Yes. Whenever you sign. But have you signed anything
01:46and is there anything coming up? Malin, don't tell me which producer it is.
01:51I have heard 2-3 good scripts. I am surprised and very happy that the characters that they
02:01want me to play, they have a lot of qualities, footage and quality of characterization.
02:12So I am fingers crossed that in your next interview, they will also tell me about it.
02:22Is it confirmed or is it just starting? But have you signed anything?
02:28No. Okay.
02:29Till now, it is in the stage of discussion. Yes, it is in the stage of discussion.
02:34But does it look like it is coming up? It looks like it is coming up. That's why I am
02:39Okay, alright. Are there any other directors that you are looking forward to working with?
02:46A lot of the women directors, I will be honest. But how many are there nowadays?
02:53A lot? Yes.
02:55My feelers are all going that way. So I don't want to jinx it.
03:03But the vibes are going out.
03:06Like I said, I am interested in directors who have great command over multiple genres.
03:14Because I just feel that I am a lot a director's artist.
03:21So for me, that will make the world of difference.
03:26So there are a lot of women directors also that you would like to work with?
03:33Yes.
03:34Today when you see these films that are being made and you said that women directors are making them.
03:41So when you see all these works, do you have a little bit of a twinge of regret that why did I leave it?
03:47No.
03:48No?
03:49I got married in 1995 and finally after finishing Ghatak in 1997, I fully settled in the US and planned my first baby.
04:03I took every step carefully.
04:06After meeting Harish, we stayed apart for a year in America and India.
04:13We met each other's families and started meeting.
04:17It should have been a comfort level.
04:20I am an actress and he is an investment banker.
04:23How will all this happen?
04:25Will I leave everything and go away forever?
04:28Will he be able to come here?
04:30So we explored a lot of things for a year.
04:33In the end, I felt that it was impossible to keep one foot in India and the other in America.
04:42You won't be able to focus on both.
04:44I won't be able to focus on both.
04:46I was ready to become a mother and a wife from within.
04:52The time had come for me.
04:54So you don't regret that decision?
04:57No.
04:59So now that you have come back and you want to work again,
05:05you have no regrets that the decision you had taken at that time was wrong?
05:12You don't feel that way?
05:13No.
05:14It was okay for that time and now the decision you have taken is okay for this time?
05:18It is absolutely right for you that I have decided that in our family,
05:23we will be there for our children until they stand on their own two feet.
05:30After that, I will follow my passion again.
05:33I had this plan in my mind for many years.
05:37I think I have to show that Madhuri has done this.
05:46Hats off to her.
05:48So beautifully.
05:50We are still seeing her talent.
05:53So I completely disappeared.
05:58I didn't stay in the news.
05:59I didn't work in between.
06:01So I have taken a decision that whatever I do,
06:08it will not only influence my family and my children
06:12how to stand on their own feet in their life.
06:15But it will be a kind of message for any woman out there,
06:19be it in India or out of India.
06:21Because the movie business and the entertainment industry have so much reach.
06:26They have such a powerful influence on people.
06:29So for women of my age,
06:34I want to make a small attempt,
06:37humble attempt
06:40that life doesn't really end just because you're 60.
06:45Of course it doesn't.
06:47In fact, it can be better than ever.
06:50Yeah, of course. It's a reboot.
06:52It's Meenakshi 2.0.
06:54Wow. Sounds good.