I'm playing a Brahmin girl in Potugadu: Simran Kaur Mundi
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Model-turned-actress
Simran
Kaur
Mundi,
who
is
making
her
Telugu
debut
with
Potugadu,
is
not
sure
if
modelling
opens
the
gateway
to
filmdom,
but
she
says
she
is
certain
that
the
best
step
after
modelling
is
acting.
The
former
beauty
queen
feels
that
the
relationship
between
an
actor
and
camera
is
very
important.
Talking
to
IANS,
Simran
Kaur
Mundi
said,
"I
do
know
that
if
modelling
is
a
school,
then
acting
is
graduation.
Since
we
all
want
to
excel
in
life,
acting
is
the
next
best
step
after
modeling." The
Miss
India
Universe
added,
"One
thing
that
I
learnt
as
a
model
is
to
love
the
camera.
If
you
learn
to
do
that,
the
camera
will
love
you
back
and
that
is
the
best
relationship
you
can
ever
be
in
as
an
actor."
A
Punjabi
by
descent,
Simran
plays
a
typical
south
Indian
paired
with
actor
Manchu
Manoj
in
Potugadu.
Speaking
about
the
film,
she
said,
"One
of
the
main
reasons
why
I
got
interested
in
'Potugadu' was
because
I
fell
in
love
with
my
look.
I'm
playing
a
Brahmin
girl
wearing
half
sari
and
gajra
and
(with
hair
tied
in)
plaits.
I
think
it's
my
best
look
so
far
and
I
have
never
looked
this
pretty."
Asked
if
she
had
trouble
transforming
into
a
south
Indian,
she
said,
"I'm
an
actor
and
I
have
to
learn
to
don
different
looks
and
pull
them
off
convincingly.
I'm
quiet
versatile
that
way
and
I
did
manage
to
pull
off
the
typical
south
Indian
look
well."
Simran
added,
"If
not
as
a
Punjabi,
then
I
think
I
can
pass
off
as
a
Brahmin
south
Indian
girl
for
sure."
Having
worked
in
Bollywood
in
films
such
as
Jo
Hum
Chahein
and
Best
of
Luck,
she
finds
the
Telugu
industry
more
hospitable.
"Both
the
industries
are
very
similar
and
yet
different.
But
one
thing
that
I
really
like
about
Telugu
industry
is
the
hospitality.
I
felt
welcome
on
the
first
day
on
sets
like
never
before
and
instantly
felt
like
I
was
home," she
said.
On
the
Hindi
movies
front,
Simran
is
awaiting
the
release
of
the
comedy
Kuku
Mathur
Ki
Jhand
Ho
Gayi,
which
is
jointly
produced
by
Ekta
Kapoor
and
Bejoy
Nambiar.
She
also
has
a
big
budget
Hindi
film
in
the
offing,
while
she
is
set
to
start
shooting
for
a
Punjabi
project
soon.