Genelia Deshmukh, who is currently awaiting the release of Sitaare Zameen Par, where she stars alongside Aamir Khan recently recalled the roles offered to her from the South Indian film industry and noted that they were the "best roles ever."
In a recent interview before the release of RS Prasanna's film, Genelia pointed out that her characters have always been memorable, etched in the hearts of people even after many years. "They were my learning ground. I am eternally indebted to the work that I had gotten there. If you go to Hyderabad, even today people will know a Hasini (from Bommarillu/Santosh Subramaniam), Harini in Tamil (Boys), and Ayesha from Malayalam (Urumi). I have been blessed," she said.
Genelia also underlined that there is a problem with actors seeking validation for their roles and said they should work on stories that they love and enjoy acting in. "Go and do it for the love of what you want to do. You are meant to be an actor. Sometimes you don't even have to say a word and you can emote effectively. If you enjoy that process, you have a whole career that speaks fot itself," she added.
Genelia Deshmukh had an illustrous career in multiple languages since she starred in Tujhe Meri Kasam (2003) with Riteish Deshmukh where both were debutants. She went on to cement her place in the South film industry with films like Boys (2003), Sachein (2005) which recently had a re-release, Happy (2006), Bommarillu (2006) and its Tamil remake Santosh Subramaniam (2008), Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na (2008), Chance Pe Dance (2010), Urumi (2011), and Velayudham (2011), among other films.
After 2012, she took a break from full-time acting to concentrate on her family life. After a handful of cameo roles, she returned to screen in 2022 with Mister Mummy opposite Riteish Deshmukh. That year, she made her Marathi film debut with Ved which was the official remake of 2019 Telugu film Majili. The film went on to become the highest-grossing Marathi film of the year. In her only film of 2023, she starred in Trial Period opposite Manav Kaul.
Scheduled to release on June 20, Sitaare Zameen Par features new actors like Aroush Datta, Gopi Krishna Varma, Samvit Desai, Vedant Sharma, Ayush Bhansali, Ashish Pendse, Rishi Shahani, Rishabh Jain, Naman Mishra, and Simran Mangeshkar, who play differently abled characters. The film is a spiritual sequel to Aamir’s 2007 film Taare Zameen Par.
