Tamannaah Bhatia says she hates that Vijay Sethupathi is ‘so good': ‘He's such a nonchalant, relaxed, and chill person'
'I don't know, maybe because I met Ajay when I was much younger. And I have a memory of him when I was young,' said Tamannaah, explaining why she refers to Devgn as 'Ajay sir' instead of by his first name only. Tamannaah was cast opposite Devgn in Sajid Khan's 2013 action comedy Himmatwala, when she was in her early 20s.
'In my head, I know him for a very long time. So I call him 'sir' because I know him from when I was young,' Tamannaah added in the interview with The Lallantop. She'll be seen reuniting with Ajay Devgn in Jagan Shakti's Ranger, set in the land of animal poaching, and also starring Sanjay Dutt.
Tamanaah Bhatia also talked about working with Vijay Sethupathi in Seenu Ramaswamy's 2016 Tamil slice-of-life film Dharma Durai. 'It's one of my really, really good works, a really sensitive work. It's a very simple story, but very well told. Vijay Sethupathi has done so many amazing, amazing characters, but he's another person who's very good. I hate it he's so good,' confessed Tamannaah.
'He's also such a nonchalant, relaxed, and chill person. I think I love that about him. He's the epitome of cool,' added Tamannaah. She agreed that his effortless acting style is reminiscent of the late actor Irrfan Khan. 'He's damn cool, very easy to work with. In fact, when I did Dharam Durai, I think there was a shift in my performances because I'm also learning from my co-stars. I'm constantly watching different people perform and learning from them. Vijay Sethupathi is one person I learnt that cool and calm approach from in performances,' added the actor.
Tamannaah Bhatia made her acting debut 20 years ago with the 2005 romantic film Chand Sa Roshan Chehra. The same year, she made her Telugu acting debut opposite Manoj Manchu in the action film Sree. The next year, she also made her Tamil acting debut opposite Ravi Krishna in the 2006 romantic crime thriller Kedi. She's best known for her turn in SS Rajamouli's blockbuster action fantasy franchise Baahubali.
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Tamannaah will be next seen in Ranger, along with Rohit Shetty's biopic of former Mumbai top cop Rakesh Maria, and opposite Sidharth Malhotra in The Viral Fever and Ekta Kapoor's Vvan: Force of the Forest. She'll also headline the show Are You A Partner?, also starring Diana Penty.
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