Actor Divya Dutta is on a roll. She started this yr by enjoying the conspiring Soyarabai in Laxman Utekar’s Vicky Kaushal-starrer Chhaava, which is the highest-grossing movie of this yr. And now, she is gearing as much as debut in Telugu with the SonyLIV net sequence Mayasabha, directed by Deva Katta. “I knew Chhaava would do effectively, however the euphoria it acquired was heartening,” says the actor in a chat with Hindustan Instances, including, “2024 and 2025 have been such nice years for me work-wise. Now I’m even debuting in Telugu.”
Divya Dutta on the earth of Mayasabha
Set within the Nineteen Seventies and 80s, Mayasabha explores the dynamic between two rival politicians, Krishnama Naidu and Rami Reddy, performed by Aadhi Pinisetty and Chaitanya Rao. Divya performs the formidable Iravati Basu, who instructions respect in a world ruled by males. “I consider this function is totally apt to start my innings in Telugu. What higher than to play a girl in politics who holds her personal whereas dealing with off males?” says Divya.
The actor says she was drawn to the facility her character commandeers and the way Deva defined the story to her. “I used to be instantly drawn to the best way Deva Katta narrated Mayasabha to me. It’s beautiful as an actor while you get to faucet into nuances and play with layers in any character. Every little thing from the best way she exchanges appears to the best way she stands her personal has been fleshed out so effectively, it was a ball to play her,” says Divya.
Whistling to Rajinikanth, Kamal Haasan movies
Divya is all reward for her co-stars, stating, “Aadhi and I bought alongside immensely from the second I met him. He’s such a tremendous man, a superb actor and simply tremendous enjoyable to be with. It took some time for Chaitanya to confide in me, however we bought there finally. I’ve been such an ardent admirer of Nassar sir, so to share the display with him was wonderful. I’m an absolute fan woman.”
What’s extra, the actor is candid about her fondness for different actors down south, too. “I’ve grown up watching South movies and whistling when Kamal Haasan or Rajinikanth comes on-screen. Deva Katta has advised me he’ll carry me to Hyderabad, and I’m already doing a Hindi movie produced by Rana Daggubati. I’ve already put my footsteps right here and would like to belong as a result of the South is popping out with such wonderful initiatives. The grandeur of their movies is one thing else,” says an excited Divya.
On wanting dessert after roti
Having begun her profession within the Nineties and starring in movies like Bhaag Milkha Bhaag and Sharmajee Ki Beti, Divya says she’s now on the lookout for roles she will be able to sink her tooth into. “I’ve two movies with Manoj Bajpayee, one with Jimmy and a biopic with Neeraj Kabi, aside from an enormous present on JioHotstar. That starvation to play good roles was all the time there, however now that I’ve eaten roti, I’m craving some dessert,” says Divya, including, “Only a few author-backed roles have been provided to me in my profession. I’ve all the time needed to make that house by bringing the X issue, and it was an enormous mehanat (arduous work). However I really feel issues are altering now.”
The actor says she has observed how the roles written for ladies don’t simply revolve across the trope of ‘one hero, one heroine’. “All people is now enjoying characters, and there’s a stunning competitiveness to it. It’s not like the way it was once…how typical heroines have been perceived to have quick shelf lives. We’re now discussing ladies who’re 40 and older, roles are written so fantastically now,” says Divya.
At the same time as she forays down south, Divya says there are some things she would love to alter in Bollywood. “I simply actually want we concentrated extra on tales and fewer on different issues. And that there was ample time to showcase movies in theatres earlier than they hit OTT. I’ve gone to theatres the previous few weeks and seen full homes. So the viewers is , they simply don’t wish to be fed the identical issues,” she rounds off.