Last seen in Vidaamuyarchi, Regena Cassandrra is currently gearing up for her next, Madhur Bhandarkar's The Wives. In a recent conversation, Regena opened up about her first role in V Priya's Kanda Naal Mudhal, narrating her audition experience like it happened yesterday.
In an interview with IANS, she recollected, "Well, that’s my favourite memory. It’s embedded in my mind forever, with visuals and all (laughs). I even remember what I wore the day I went to audition for it." Regena then revealed that she previously collaborated with V Priya, an erstwhile assistant of Mani Ratnam, for a documentary. "I must’ve been 8 or 9 years old. We lost touch after. Cut to five years later, I get called for an audition, and I go. I finished the audition, and the team asked me to wait to meet the director. She walked out, both of us squealed, and the rest is history."
Interestingly, Kanda Naal Mudhal also marked V Priya's directorial debut. “I was so happy I got to work with her for my debut. It’s such a sweet memory. Both our firsts," she said, adding, "Kanda Naal Mudhal launched me into a world which at that time I had no clue would end up being my career. Acting wasn’t my career option. It was something I considered a hobby at that time.”
In The Wives, Regena stars alongside Sonali Kulkarni, Mouni Roy, Rahul Bhatt, Saurabh Sachdeva, Arjan Bajwa and Freddy Daruvala. On working with Madhur Bhandarkar, she mentioned, "The best experience I have had so far. I am a director’s actor, and it’s so important for me to be in sync with my director. Madhur Bhandarkar is such a talented and multi-faceted director. He knows exactly what and how to get the right output from his actors. I love the way he portrays women. Also, how many directors today write solely for women? I am so glad I have got to work with him, that too on a project like The Wives."
Apart from The Wives, Regena also has Mookuthi Amman 2, and Flashback in Tamil, and Section 108 in Hindi, in the pipeline.
