Parvathy: Was told nobody would want me after 25

Updated On: 18 November, 2022 07:23 AM IST | Mumbai | Priyanka Sharma

Parvathy, who fronts the female-led film Wonder Women, on busting industry’s sexist myths over her 16-year career

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Parvathy Thiruvothu

An actor is like a moong dal packet, with a shelf life.” This was among the scariest things that Parvathy Thiruvothu, then 18, was told on entering the Malayalam film industry. Sixteen years later, she is among the most successful actors in the south movie industry today, happy to turn archaic notions on their head, one film at a time. “[When I joined the movies], everyone said, ‘You are in your 20s. Make a lot of money in the next five years because nobody will want you after you’re 25.’ I am 34, and still here,” she asserts. If it takes a revolution to make the industry realise that talent has little to do with gender and age, Thiruvothu is glad to take charge. “Just making sure I don’t leave the industry is my biggest revolution. Sometimes, the most silent actions can be the [most impactful].”

A still from Wonder Women