The Kerala Story, helmed by Sudipto Sen and starring Adah Sharma in the lead role, won big at the 71st National Film Awards this year in two categories- Best Director and Best Cinematography. However, this did not go well with many, as they felt it was a propaganda movie. Now, in an exclusive interview with WION, actress Adah Sharma has opened up about the film winning accolades.<h2>The Kerala Story winning the National Award, and the experience of working in the film industry</h2>When asked about The Kerala Story bagging accolades at this level, sparking national conversation, Adah said, "As a girl from the country, I think it's a film that for me always spoke about freedom. The realization of someone taking that freedom away makes it more important. So I think every girl, when they watches the movie, should put everything aside and realise how much trust and freedom are important." Speaking about the experience of working on The Kerala Story, Adah said, "Before they gave me the script, just before that, I met some of the girls, I met Dr Anagha. She and 25 other girls who are from one ashram. Many ashrams are helping these victims. But this is the one where those girls met me, told their stories. I couldn't sleep at night after they told me their stories."&nbsp;Also Read: <a href="https://www.wionews.com/entertainment/the-kerala-story-maker-sudipto-sen-adah-sharma-national-film-awards-kerala-cm-pinarayi-vijayan-1754304566714">The Kerala Story maker Sudipto Sen on Kerala CM’s remarks over his National Award win: ‘Don’t have time for criticism’ | Exclusive</a> She further added, I was not thinking about the award or anything. I was just thinking this is happening and how they've felt".<h2>So much to do with potential and talent</h2>Speaking about the film and the place in industry, “In my wildest dreams, I would never think I'd be the heroine of a film that will win national awards and be the highest-grossing female-grossing film of all time. &nbsp;But you know, these things are not only potential and talent. There's so much to do with good fortune, luck, and you know, people say you need a godfather. I feel like I have God on my side.”&nbsp;Also Read: <a href="https://www.wionews.com/entertainment/bollywood/director-shoojit-sircar-on-shah-rukh-khan-and-the-kerala-story-national-award-win-no-point-debating-1754838070905">Director Shoojit Sircar on Shah Rukh Khan, and The Kerala Story National Award win: 'No point debating..'</a><h2>Pressure inside the film industry</h2>Adah candidly said, "I have zero pressure. The pressure I have is just what I put on myself. And I put a lot of pressure on myself for a performance. My pleasure is once I've got the role, I'm like, I have to do it. I mean, we face that pressure, and the challenge we take up. That's what keeps me going. I get excited about those things".&nbsp;Also Read: <a href="https://www.wionews.com/entertainment/kerala-cm-pinarayi-vijayan-condemns-national-award-for-the-kerala-story-calls-it-deeply-offensive-1754113984582">Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan condemns National Award for The Kerala Story, calls it deeply offensive</a><h2>If Radha could talk, what would she say about the National Award win?</h2>Adah quipped, 'I don't know, let Bollywood debut happen first. Btw, she's made her debut in a short film titled Tindey, which is available on YouTube. Imagine a pillow that has gotten so famous. I never thought that would be possible ever.&nbsp;&nbsp;Also Read: <a href="https://www.wionews.com/entertainment/national-awards-jury-member-pradeep-nair-raises-objections-for-the-kerala-story-win-1754131248002">National Awards jury member Pradeep Nair raises objections for The Kerala Story win</a><h2>Adah Sharma on her upcoming projects</h2>About her future project, Adah Sharma revealed that next year, there are plans. She said, "Yeah, I'm shooting for three, and there are two more. I have almost finished shooting for a trilingual South film. It's in Tamil, Telugu, and Kannada as well. I play the role of Devi in it and also have a lot of action." She further added, "People should be happy to know I'm doing two horror movies also, and it's gonna be exciting. There's also another big announcement coming soon. There is a lot of exciting stuff. And I can promise you that every role is different from what I've done before. So, I'm quite excited about that also. Looking forward to it then", she concluded.

Actress Adah Sharma opened up about the film The Kerala Story bagging the National Award in two categories. She also spoke about her upcoming future projects in an exclusive conversation. 

The Kerala Story, helmed by Sudipto Sen and starring Adah Sharma in the lead role, won big at the 71st National Film Awards this year in two categories- Best Director and Best Cinematography. However, this did not go well with many, as they felt it was a propaganda movie. Now, in an exclusive interview with WION, actress Adah Sharma has opened up about the film winning accolades. The Kerala Story winning the National Award, and the experience of working in the film industry When asked about The Kerala Story bagging accolades at this level, sparking national conversation, Adah said, "As a girl from the country, I think it's a film that for me always spoke about freedom. The realization of someone taking that freedom away makes it more important. So I think every girl, when they watches the movie, should put everything aside and realise how much trust and freedom are important." Speaking about the experience of working on The Kerala Story, Adah said, "Before they gave me the script, just before that, I met some of the girls, I met Dr Anagha. She and 25 other girls who are from one ashram. Many ashrams are helping these victims. But this is the one where those girls met me, told their stories. I couldn't sleep at night after they told me their stories." Also Read: The Kerala Story maker Sudipto Sen on Kerala CM’s remarks over his National Award win: ‘Don’t have time for criticism’ | Exclusive She further added, I was not thinking about the award or anything. I was just thinking this is happening and how they've felt". So much to do with potential and talent Speaking about the film and the place in industry, “In my wildest dreams, I would never think I'd be the heroine of a film that will win national awards and be the highest-grossing female-grossing film of all time. But you know, these things are not only potential and talent. There's so much to do with good fortune, luck, and you know, people say you need a godfather. I feel like I have God on my side.” Also Read: Director Shoojit Sircar on Shah Rukh Khan, and The Kerala Story National Award win: 'No point debating..' Pressure inside the film industry Adah candidly said, "I have zero pressure. The pressure I have is just what I put on myself. And I put a lot of pressure on myself for a performance. My pleasure is once I've got the role, I'm like, I have to do it. I mean, we face that pressure, and the challenge we take up. That's what keeps me going. I get excited about those things". Also Read: Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan condemns National Award for The Kerala Story, calls it deeply offensive If Radha could talk, what would she say about the National Award win? Adah quipped, 'I don't know, let Bollywood debut happen first. Btw, she's made her debut in a short film titled Tindey, which is available on YouTube. Imagine a pillow that has gotten so famous. I never thought that would be possible ever. Also Read: National Awards jury member Pradeep Nair raises objections for The Kerala Story win Adah Sharma on her upcoming projects About her future project, Adah Sharma revealed that next year, there are plans. She said, "Yeah, I'm shooting for three, and there are two more. I have almost finished shooting for a trilingual South film. It's in Tamil, Telugu, and Kannada as well. I play the role of Devi in it and also have a lot of action." She further added, "People should be happy to know I'm doing two horror movies also, and it's gonna be exciting. There's also another big announcement coming soon. There is a lot of exciting stuff. And I can promise you that every role is different from what I've done before. So, I'm quite excited about that also. Looking forward to it then", she concluded.

Actress Adah Sharma opened up about the film The Kerala Story bagging the National Award in two categories. She also spoke about her upcoming future projects in an exclusive conversation.&nbsp;

Adah Sharma on The Kerala Story bagging National Award: 'So much to do with good fortune, luck' | Exclusive

Adah Sharma always wanted to play a double role so when she was offered to play Reeta Sanyal in&nbsp;a new show on Disney+ Hotstar where she gets to play 10 or more characters, she couldn’t believe her luck. From 1920 to The Kerala Story and now Reeta Sanyal, Adah Sharma believes that destiny has better plans for her than she could have ever imagined or manifested.&nbsp;

Reeta Sanyal started streaming on the OTT platform from October 14 onwards and Adah Sharma is happy with how her life has panned out so far. Busy with projects and getting to essay distinctively different roles so early on in her career, Adah Sharma opens up about not missing out on Bollywood masala flicks, a genre she’s most comfortable with working on and much more.&nbsp;

Here are the edited excerpts of our chat:&nbsp;

Q: Who is Reeta Sanyal?

Adah: Who is she not? I think I've lost track now. She's a lawyer and a detective. When she’s a detective, she is in disguise – with different hair, makeup, different body language, different accents. The show is a fantasy adventure. It's larger than life.&nbsp;

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Q: Your filmography is unlike any other peer of yours. What are some things you look for in a project before saying yes?

Adah: I think I'm fortunate that I started with 1920, which was a horror movie where people saw me really different from what I am in real life. I mean, I play a possessed person. So it made people a lot more open to seeing me doing things differently. Then after Kerala Story, Sunflower, Bastar – I think people have trust in me, that if it's a project where there's an extremely different role, then let's take Adah for it. I like that I’m being offered projects that have well-written roles for the female character.

Q: What’s something we don’t know about you?

Adah: I can fly when no one's looking (hahaha….)

Q: I’m intrigued, do you not fear missing out on big blockbuster films because you’d be stereotyped as a serious and intense actress?&nbsp;

Adah: I think you could say that after The Kerala Story and Bastar but then with Sunflower, I'm playing a bar dancer in it. In Sunflower, I play this almost overtly sexual, voluptuous, hot, commercial-looking bar dancer. I don’t think there’s any more masala than this.&nbsp;

As for intensity, that’s a good thing. Even with comedy, intensity is good because it just gets your point across. So I'm all for intensity but as far as masala and commercial Bollywood movies are concerned, Reeta Sanyal is almost like the showreel for that.&nbsp;

Q: So can we expect to see you in an out-and-out song and dance film soon?&nbsp;

Adah: I'm trying to do all the stuff I've not done before and I am all for it. I have graduated in Kathak. In fact, when I joined films, I thought I would only be doing films with songs and dance. I've not got a dance film yet that's released but I look forward to doing different genres.&nbsp;

I'm pretty intuitive. If there’s a great role then I just take it up. I don’t plan things because it takes away the whole joy. It would kill the whole point of why I started doing movies in the first place.&nbsp;

Q: You’ve done action, horror, crime…what’s one genre that feels like home?

Adah: I enjoy doing comedy. I don't know, I enjoyed doing intense roles too. All of them seem home now. I started with horror and I hadn't done anything before. It seemed like home to me. I'm very comfortable with all genres actually. Maybe dance, since I am trained formally. &nbsp;

Listen to the full interview of Adah Sharma with WION here:

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Adah Sharma always wanted to play a double role so when she was offered to play Reeta Sanyal in a new show on Disney+ Hotstar where she gets to play 10 or more characters, she couldn’t believe her luck.

Adah Sharma always wanted to play a double role so when she was offered to play Reeta Sanyal in a new show on Disney+ Hotstar where she gets to play 10 or more characters, she couldn’t believe her luck. From 1920 to The Kerala Story and now Reeta Sanyal, Adah Sharma believes that destiny has better plans for her than she could have ever imagined or manifested. Reeta Sanyal started streaming on the OTT platform from October 14 onwards and Adah Sharma is happy with how her life has panned out so far. Busy with projects and getting to essay distinctively different roles so early on in her career, Adah Sharma opens up about not missing out on Bollywood masala flicks, a genre she’s most comfortable with working on and much more. Here are the edited excerpts of our chat: Q: Who is Reeta Sanyal? Adah: Who is she not? I think I've lost track now. She's a lawyer and a detective. When she’s a detective, she is in disguise – with different hair, makeup, different body language, different accents. The show is a fantasy adventure. It's larger than life. Q: Your filmography is unlike any other peer of yours. What are some things you look for in a project before saying yes? Adah: I think I'm fortunate that I started with 1920, which was a horror movie where people saw me really different from what I am in real life. I mean, I play a possessed person. So it made people a lot more open to seeing me doing things differently. Then after Kerala Story, Sunflower, Bastar – I think people have trust in me, that if it's a project where there's an extremely different role, then let's take Adah for it. I like that I’m being offered projects that have well-written roles for the female character. Q: What’s something we don’t know about you? Adah: I can fly when no one's looking (hahaha….) Q: I’m intrigued, do you not fear missing out on big blockbuster films because you’d be stereotyped as a serious and intense actress? Adah: I think you could say that after The Kerala Story and Bastar but then with Sunflower, I'm playing a bar dancer in it. In Sunflower, I play this almost overtly sexual, voluptuous, hot, commercial-looking bar dancer. I don’t think there’s any more masala than this. As for intensity, that’s a good thing. Even with comedy, intensity is good because it just gets your point across. So I'm all for intensity but as far as masala and commercial Bollywood movies are concerned, Reeta Sanyal is almost like the showreel for that. Q: So can we expect to see you in an out-and-out song and dance film soon? Adah: I'm trying to do all the stuff I've not done before and I am all for it. I have graduated in Kathak. In fact, when I joined films, I thought I would only be doing films with songs and dance. I've not got a dance film yet that's released but I look forward to doing different genres. I'm pretty intuitive. If there’s a great role then I just take it up. I don’t plan things because it takes away the whole joy. It would kill the whole point of why I started doing movies in the first place. Q: You’ve done action, horror, crime…what’s one genre that feels like home? Adah: I enjoy doing comedy. I don't know, I enjoyed doing intense roles too. All of them seem home now. I started with horror and I hadn't done anything before. It seemed like home to me. I'm very comfortable with all genres actually. Maybe dance, since I am trained formally. Listen to the full interview of Adah Sharma with WION here:

Adah Sharma Interview: I have not got a dance film yet that's released

It would be apt to call Adah Sharma a hustler. She acts, sings, writes, plays instruments, does charity work and then she has some time to just goof around. Ready to drop her first song, The Kerala Story actress Adah Sharma who’s been a part of some of the most controversial projects in the recent past spoke exclusively to us about how she reacts to being labelled “the controversy queen”.&nbsp;

Here are the edited excerpts of the chat:

Q: Hi Adah, you’ve been a part of some films that have attracted a lot of chatter on social media. Did you know that these films like The Kerala Story or Bastar would blow up like this?

A: If a film does well, there is chatter, so I react with having a lot of gratitude in my heart. No, when I signed up for Kerala Story I did not predict that it would be the highest female grossing film of all time. I thought we were making a small film for festivals.

Q: From your debut till Bastar, your filmography doesn’t conform to a single genre. What do you see yourself doing next?&nbsp;

A: I'm one of those fortunate actors who the audience accepts in different roles. Also I'm lucky that filmmakers see different characters in me. I'm so fortunate that the same makers who made The Kerala Story and cast me as an innocent victim, in less than a year, took me for Bastar where I play a tough soldier, a saviour.

Q: Where do you want to see yourself in the next 5 years?

A: I have perfect vision 6/ 6 but even I can't see that far. Hopefully I continue to see myself in reflections, in the mirror.

Q: Do you fear being labelled the controversy queen because your two big films, The Kerala Story and now Bastar has attracted a lot of negative attention?

A: I don't have such fear because the audience is very intelligent. In less than a year from the Kerala Story’s release, I had Commando and Sunflower season 2 release too. Both were very different roles and genres.

When a film is banned, there will be people saying it shouldn't be banned and there will be people who support the ban. We live in a democracy which we should celebrate.&nbsp;

Also read:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wionews.com/entertainment/lifestyle/news-exclusive-kartik-aaryans-fitness-trainer-tridev-pandey-on-training-actor-for-chandu-champion-733897">Exclusive: Kartik Aaryan's fitness trainer Tridev Pandey on training actor for Chandu Champion</a>

Q: You’ve done a lot of serious content, when will we see you in an ultra romantic film?

A: For me Bastar is an ultra romantic film because it is about loving your country and being willing to sacrifice your life for the lives of others. That's the epitome of real love I feel.

I've done a few romantic films in the south – romantic in the boy-girl way. &nbsp;My debut in Telugu was Heart Attack, which was a romantic film and I recently did Meet Cute in Telugu as well which is as romantic as it gets like Notting Hill.&nbsp;

Q: What about period dramas, have you seen Heeramandi. Do you think you'd enjoy doing something like that?

A: I would enjoy every genre. I don't discriminate. I started with a period horror film called 1920 which I thoroughly enjoyed. 
‘ 
Adah was recently in the news as she collaborated with PETA India to gift a mechanical robotic elephant called Baladhasan, to the Pournamikavi temple in Kerala.&nbsp;

Adah Sharma has been a part of projects like The Kerala Story, Bastar: The Naxal Story, Sunflower 2 and Commando. Bastar is currently streaming on ZEE5 Global.&nbsp;

It would be apt to call Adah Sharma a hustler. She acts, sings, writes, plays instruments, does charity work and then she has some time to just goof around. Ready to drop her first song, The Kerala Story actress Adah Sharma who’s been a part of some of the most controversial projects in the recent past spoke exclusively to us about how she reacts to being labelled “the controversy queen”.

It would be apt to call Adah Sharma a hustler. She acts, sings, writes, plays instruments, does charity work and then she has some time to just goof around. Ready to drop her first song, The Kerala Story actress Adah Sharma who’s been a part of some of the most controversial projects in the recent past spoke exclusively to us about how she reacts to being labelled “the controversy queen”. Here are the edited excerpts of the chat: Q: Hi Adah, you’ve been a part of some films that have attracted a lot of chatter on social media. Did you know that these films like The Kerala Story or Bastar would blow up like this? A: If a film does well, there is chatter, so I react with having a lot of gratitude in my heart. No, when I signed up for Kerala Story I did not predict that it would be the highest female grossing film of all time. I thought we were making a small film for festivals. Q: From your debut till Bastar, your filmography doesn’t conform to a single genre. What do you see yourself doing next? A: I'm one of those fortunate actors who the audience accepts in different roles. Also I'm lucky that filmmakers see different characters in me. I'm so fortunate that the same makers who made The Kerala Story and cast me as an innocent victim, in less than a year, took me for Bastar where I play a tough soldier, a saviour. Q: Where do you want to see yourself in the next 5 years? A: I have perfect vision 6/ 6 but even I can't see that far. Hopefully I continue to see myself in reflections, in the mirror. Q: Do you fear being labelled the controversy queen because your two big films, The Kerala Story and now Bastar has attracted a lot of negative attention? A: I don't have such fear because the audience is very intelligent. In less than a year from the Kerala Story’s release, I had Commando and Sunflower season 2 release too. Both were very different roles and genres. When a film is banned, there will be people saying it shouldn't be banned and there will be people who support the ban. We live in a democracy which we should celebrate. Also read: Exclusive: Kartik Aaryan's fitness trainer Tridev Pandey on training actor for Chandu Champion Q: You’ve done a lot of serious content, when will we see you in an ultra romantic film? A: For me Bastar is an ultra romantic film because it is about loving your country and being willing to sacrifice your life for the lives of others. That's the epitome of real love I feel. I've done a few romantic films in the south – romantic in the boy-girl way. My debut in Telugu was Heart Attack, which was a romantic film and I recently did Meet Cute in Telugu as well which is as romantic as it gets like Notting Hill. Q: What about period dramas, have you seen Heeramandi. Do you think you'd enjoy doing something like that? A: I would enjoy every genre. I don't discriminate. I started with a period horror film called 1920 which I thoroughly enjoyed. ‘ Adah was recently in the news as she collaborated with PETA India to gift a mechanical robotic elephant called Baladhasan, to the Pournamikavi temple in Kerala. Adah Sharma has been a part of projects like The Kerala Story, Bastar: The Naxal Story, Sunflower 2 and Commando. Bastar is currently streaming on ZEE5 Global.

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