Parvathy Thiruvothu has carved her own niche with her impeccable and memorable portrayals not only in the South but also in Bollywood films like Qarib Qarib Singlle & Kadak Singh . The actress recently bagged the Best Actress award for Ullozhukku at the 2024 Indian Film Festival of Melbourne. In an exclusive interview with Firstpost, Parvathy spoke about Ullozhukku , doing a Bollywood film after a long gap, Malayalam films getting pan-India popularity and other aspects.
Big congratulations on your great win. If you look at that Ullozhukku is out of the box yet very relevant and it is a kind of film where every woman wants to speak about it. In the world of patriarchy, there is a woman, who is breaking all the barriers.
So do you think it is the right time when you can take this bold move without having some societal norms or any apprehensions? No, no. I mean, of course, this movie and the way it has been accepted all across the world, the way the movie has done so well in its commercial side of it, it is obviously a really great step forward. But we are far from not having any apprehensions.
We have a long way to go until women can make choices. And that not being torn down by societal expectations of how one must be living as a woman in the society. I think that’s a much larger, bigger, longer journey for us.
But when a movie like this gets its due, we add a big to the speed of it. When a script like Ullozhukku is narrated to you, do you take any risk-taking factor while a.