Srikanth actor Jyotika on South depiction in Bollywood!!!
Srikanth actor Jyotika on South depiction in Bollywood!!!After debuting in 1998 with Doli Saja Ke Rakhna, actor Jyotika returned to hindi films this year with Shaitaan and Srikanth. “This whole comeback has been a great surprise to me and it happened very organically. For 25 years, there was no sound, and suddenly these two films made such noise,” she says.In these 25 years, the actor was busy working down South and believes that she has marked her return during the “best phase” of indian cinema. “There is no North-South divide anymore and the audience is looking at everything as one. But in bollywood, I am still waiting for the kind of roles I am used to doing down South. I chose to be a part of Shaitaan and srikanth because they are beautiful stories, but I am looking for more as an actor in terms of the length of my role in a film,” she says.Hailing from Mumbai, the 45-year-old believes that she has been on the cusp of hindi and South industries and has seen the best and worst of both. “When I went to the South, I saw that people there weren’t watching hindi films much. And when I came North, I saw a lot of fun being made of the South industry with the Rajinikanth memes and all sorts of things. It was sad to see that there was this huge bar between both the worlds,” she says, adding that seeing the barrier going down today, fills her with pride. “On the sets of Shaitaan, me and (actor) R madhavan were given so much respect. Ajay (Devgn, actor) made us feel equal to him and the team recognised us as big actors from the South, instead of thinking of us as regional actors. We could see love for the South that had penetrated through bollywood, and it was mutual,” she shares.However, Jyotika admits that even today, bollywood often sticks to stereotypical portrayals of South Indians. “I agree some things are done over-the-top there, we love the Idli-Sambar, and we love action films, but sometimes how it is depicted here is definitely overdone. We’ve had actors in hindi also, like Rajkumar, who have had their own style of overdoing things. But Rajini sir has been taken to another level. It might be done in good spirits but frankly, they do get it wrong most of the time,” she asserts.