South
Indian
actress
Priyanka,
who
came
into
the
limelight
with
the
Tamil
film
Veyyil
in
2006,
is
going
to
star
opposite
Kannada
Superstar
Upendra.
Earlier,
the
actress
was
approached
for
another
Kannada
film
Milana
opposite
Puneet
Rajkumar,
but
she
could
not
accept
the
film
for
date
issues.
Veyil
was
the
first
Tamil
film
which
was
screened
at
the
Cannes
as
part
of
the
2007
Cannes
Film
Festival.
Priyanka
is
now
shooting
for
another
Tamil
film
Kizhake
Mann.
The
award
winning
actress
likes
to
be
a
part
of
offbeat
films
and
her
priority
is
always
her
role.
In
Veyil,
she
played
the
love
interest
of
actor
Pasupathy.
Before
coming
to
acting,
Priyanka
wanted
to
become
a
physics
lecturer
and
never
thought
of
becoming
an
actress.
She
was
introduced
in
Veyyil
by
Alaggapan,
the
director
cum
camera
person.
Since
then,
she
has
been
just
looking
ahead
to
many
interesting
roles.
Priyanka
said
that
she
has
grown
up
idolizing
the
roles
performed
by
great
actresses
like
Revathy,
Urvashi,
Suhasini,
Radhika
and
Shobana.