SOUTHERN DELIGHT

Tamannaah Bhatia is method-acting her way into the big league

- LAKSHMI SUBRAMANIAN

An ethical hacker with a father who has Alzheimer's, Anuradha is weighed down by the cares of the world. But she has no idea what is coming her way when her father finds himself implicated in a crime, and she is forced to prove his innocence. November Story, a Tamil series recently released on Disney+Hotstar, has turned out to be a huge hit. And the actor who brings Anuradha to life in this haunting crime thriller is Tamannaah Bhatia, popularly known as Tammu.

The glam girl from Mumbai who has a strong fan base in south India is the new sensation in the Tamil digital space after her chilling performance in November Story. With minimal makeup and tamped-down glamour, Tamannaah lived as her character during the making of November Story. An actor who loves to experiment with roles, explore empowering characters and read varied scripts, Tamannaah is satisfied that she has carved out a space for herself in the south Indian film industry. “November Story actually helped me explore another side of myself,” she says. “I was looking for the kind of content which I have never done in my career. Even the script was very different from the ones I have done in the past 15 years. It is a completely different genre. I had to do my homework well to delve into the character. It was like learning a different form of cinema. In the [digital] medium, the script has to be very strong to bring alive the character.”