A MIDDLE-CLASS MENTALITY AND INNOCENT OUTLOOK IS WHAT CONNECTS ME TO THE AUDIENCE

A GRADUATE IN PSYCHOLOGY AND FORENSIC SCIENCES, AMRUTHA IYENGAR'S INTRODUCTION TO FILMS WAS PURELY ACCIDENTAL. BUT NOW THAT SHE'S HERE, AMRUTHA WHOSE LATEST OUTING IS BADAVA RASCAL, IS HAPPY THAT SHE'S MADE A MARK IN THE SHORT SPAN THAT SHE'S BEEN HERE

- Madhu Daithota

"I feel like I was made to shine under the arc lights, but sans the starry tantrums," says Amrutha and wins our heart instantly.

Growing up in the quiet environs of Mysuru, Amrutha Iyengar was your regular school-going child but remembers being drawn to classical dance "like a moth to a flame." The family was filled with writers, social workers and actors, particularly ones who excelled at street plays and Amrutha was witness to this constant banter about culture and the arts. "My mother especially was extremely interested in acting and during college, when I received my first acting offer from a family friend, it was my mother who was ecstatic. I think it was me who was apprehensive about entering films since I had no such plans whatsoever. I was more keen to pursue psychology and forensic science, subjects, I had chosen in college. But mum said, "not everyone gets a chance like this, so grab it." So that's how I ended up doing my first film Simha Hakida Hejje in 2017,” shares Amrutha.