'Playing the role came naturally to me': Aahana Kumra on playing a journalist

Updated On: 11 December, 2022 08:11 AM IST | Mumbai | Uma Ramasubramanian

Kumra says command over language enabled her to play Salaam Venky role with flair

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Aahana Kumra

Aahana Kumra has switched professions—after playing a pilot in Madhur Bhandarkar’s India Lockdown, she essays the role of a journalist in Revathy’s Salaam Venky. As someone who has “a lot of journalist friends”, she says she has an understanding of their lifestyle. “[I] didn’t get too many takes because [reporting] is done in real locations. We didn’t have the luxury of going wrong. Since I have a great command over the language, playing the role came naturally to me.”

Revathy and Kajol on set