Another
South
Indian
screen-queen
Trisha
Krishnan
is
all
set
to
invade
Bollywood.
And
this
Tamilian
follows
the
trend
of
making
her
debut
with
a
leading
man
far
older
than
her.
After
the
43-year
old
Akshay
Kumar,
27-year
old
Trisha"s
co-star
is
going
to
be
the
24-year
old
Prateik
Babbar.
Says
Trisha,
“The
second
Hindi
film
is
a
love
story
with
just
me
and
the
guy
in
central
roles.
It"s
a
subject
that
can"t
go
wrong.
I"ve
already
done
the
Tamil
version
of
this
film
Vinaaithandi
Varuvaya.
Now
the
same
director
Gautham
Menon
is
remaking
it
into
Hindi
with
Prateik
Babbar
and
me.
I
think
we
should
be
kick-starting
it
in
August.
I
am
excited
because
unlike
Khatta
Meetha
where
I
don"t
have
a
central
part
this
one
has
a
central
role
for
me".
Trisha
sounds
wiser
than
her
years
when
she
says,
“It
was
important
for
me
to
line
up
a
second
Hindi
film
before
the
first
was
released." Trisha
actually
confesses
that
she
had
her
lines
in
Hindi
dubbed
in
her
first
film.
When
you
tell
her
that
Akshay
Kumar
said
she
spoke
Hindi
well
Trisha
laughs
it
off.
“Did
he
say
that?
I
must
thank
him.
The
truth
is,
I
was
a
bit
nervous
about
doing
my
own
lines
in
Hindi.
I"ve
done
so
many
Telugu
films.
But
I
don"t
know
the
language
at
all.
I
know
the
grammar
in
Hindi
but
I
can
barely
manage
to
speak
it".
('To
aapki
Hindi
achchi
hai?" I
ask.
'Han
Achchi
hoon
(sic.)",
she
replies).
Trisha
continues,
“In
Chennai
no
one
speaks
in
Hindi.
I
was
a
little
worried
about
my
Hindi
since
my
character
in
Khatta
Meetha
is
from
a
fluent
Hindi-speaking
belt.
So
both
Priyan
and
I
decided
that
I
wouldn"t
dub
my
own
lines.
But
it"s
not
a
problem.
I
know
I"ll
soon
master
it.
It"s
simpler
than
the
South
Indian
languages".
Trisha
is
a
27-year
veteran
of
Tamil
and
Telugu
films.
“I
was
so
busy
doing
Tamil
and
Telugu
films
that
I
didn"t
get
time
to
consider
Hindi
films
although
offers
did
come.
Also
I
wanted
to
do
something
that
would
give
me
a
wide
audience.
I
chose
Priyadarshan
and
Akshay
Kumar.
It
can"t
get
any
massier
than
that.
Their
combination
always
works".
Trisha
is
candid
enough
to
admit
she
doesn"t
have
that
much
to
do
in
Khatta
Meetha.
“It
isn"t
a
heroine-centric
role.
But
I
felt
it
would
give
me
visibility.
Look,
I
may
be
known
in
the
South.
But
in
Bollywood
no
one
knows
me,
not
yet.
I
just
wanted
to
be
seen.
When
I
started
in
the
South
I
did
smaller
parts
with
big
heroes.
That
always
worked
for
me.
One
needs
to
be
a
part
of
hit
films
especially
at
the
start."
Priyadarshan
is
Trisha"s
Christopher
Columbus.
“He
launched
me
in
the
South
seven
years
ago.
Now
he"s
launching
me
in
Hindi
in
Khatta
Meetha.
He
had
promised
he"d
launch
me
in
the
right
vehicle.
In
five
minutes
I
knew
I
wanted
to
do
Khatta
Meetha.
First,
I
want
to
make
sure
I
establish
myself
in
Hindi
before
I
do
more
experimental
roles.
This
is
the
trend
I
followed
in
the
South
as
well."
On
working
with
Akshay
she
says,
“In
the
Khatta
Meetha
unit
Akshay
was
the
only
person
I
didn"t
know.
And
he
wasn"t
just
my
co-star
he
was
also
my
producer.
He
was
really
sweet.
Priyan
and
Akshay
are
by
now
like
family
to
one
another.
They
made
sure
I
was
comfortable.
This
was
one
of
the
most
professional
units
I"ve
worked
with."
She"s
pretty
cool
about
the
age
difference.
After
all
she"s
currently
a
Tamil
film
in
Europe
where
her
co-star
is
the
55-plus
Kamal
Haasan.
Speaking
excitedly
from
Europe
Trishna
says
“I"ve
been
away
from
home
for
almost
forty
days.
Though
I"ve
my
mom
with
me
I
do
miss
home.
But
the
shooting
with
Kamal
Sir
and
Maddy
is
great
fun."
Trisha
is
ready
to
settle
down
in
Mumbai.
“It
would
depend
on
the
offers.
I"ve
always
had
relatives
in
Mumbai.
I"ve
also
done
a
lot
of
ads
in
Mumbai.
Though
my
family
won"t
move
out
of
Chennai,
I
am
hardly
in
one
city
anyway."