In an industry where the shelf life of female actors is increasingly diminishing, Bhavana has been a rare exception. Even after two decades since her debut, she continues to headline and be part of prominent projects. However, the journey hasn’t always been smooth sailing.
En route, the actor witnessed soaring heights and agonising lows, but she braved them all to sparkle radiantly as a beacon of hope and strength for many to look up to. Today, Bhavana stands as a figure of valour and dignity, with a zeal to break the glass ceiling. After a 5-year-long break from Malayalam cinema, the actor returned to her home turf only last year, but she already has a handful of projects lined up.
She is currently looking forward to the release of Hunt, a paranormal thriller, slated to hit the screens this Friday. Ahead of its release, we catch up with Bhavana to discuss her career, choices, regrets, and her ambitions. Even while I was on a sabbatical from Malayalam, I was still active in Kannada cinema.
During this period, I was getting several offers from here, but I was not ready. I kept pondering if I should ever come back to Malayalam, but all my well wishers urged me not to decline good offers. After a point, even I felt that maybe it’s time to resume work here.
When was first pitched, I knew that it was not something groundbreaking, but I still felt it would make a nice, feel-good film. Then I did a cameo in Shanker Ramakrishnan’s Rani. When Jean (Paul Lal) first told me about .