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Priya Mani reveals that she’s in a relationship!

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By her own admission, Priya Mani, who plays one of the female leads in Ambareesha, is a little worried about the audience reaction to her character, especially from Darshan’s fans. “I play a very arrogant NRI girl, called Smitha, who is the granddaughter of a major construction firm owner. She is money-minded, business-oriented and has a superiority complex, which requires everyone around her to listen to her. But when her path crosses with that of Darshan’s character, there is a massive attitude clash. There is a war of words every time they meet, and she goes to such an extent that her actions are meant to undermine him, much against the wishes of her family. In fact, Smitha gets a lot of punch dialogues, in her challenge with him that she takes to the level of ‘either you or me will be the last one standing’. That has me a little worried about how his fans will like that,” says the actress.

At first look, the role may seem like an antagonist. And while Priya admits that the character definitely has shades of grey, she says that Smitha is not all-out villain material. “The role has typical mass elements, including song-and-dance routines. Audiences may sense a whiff of Neelambari from Padayappa in my character,” she adds. Ambareesha, incidentally, is the first film that brings Priya together with Darshan, and the actress is excited about the new onscreen combination. “Rachita (Ram) may be Darshan’s romantic interest, but we have our moments too, and it would be interesting to see how audiences accept our pairing. Working with him was a fun experience,” she says.

While on the topic of pairing, one has to ask the actress about her closeness to Govind Padmasoorya, the host of the Malayalam dance reality show on which Priya is a judge on. “I met Govind on the set of the show, and having worked on one season, all of us — the judges, hosts and participants — are like one big family. We take a lot of pictures together. I am active on social media, and when I’d put up pictures of us together on the set, rumours were floated that we are dating.

Then, if I’d pose with someone else, they’d say there’s trouble in paradise. Just because I take or don’t take pictures with Govind, doesn’t mean that I am in a relationship with him. He and I are just good friends,” says Priya. But is there someone special in her life? The actress has been quoted as saying that she was seeing someone. After a brief pause, she says, “Yes, but it’s not Govind. When the time is right, I will let the world know,” she signs off.

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