Actress Oviya (means Painting according to her) in her debut Kannada film ‘Kirataka’ performing the role she had done in Tamil film ‘Kalavani’ is on the way to take up the third version in Telugu. This is almost similar to Abhinaya the dumb actress who appeared in Nadodigal, Shambo Shiva Shambo and Hudugaru Kannada films.

In the case of Oviya also it is a debut in two languages. Jewelry crazy Oviya (original name Helen) a Mallu girl was in to fashions shows and modeling. She was the Sun Silk Miss South in 2007. She has signed another movie with actor Nakul in Tamil. I want to do more Tamil films in my career Oviya expressed her ambition speaking to a section of the media on Monday night when she had come for the audio release of her first Kannada film ‘Kirataka’.

I play the typical village girl. In the real life I am neither village type nor modern girl. I am in the middle she says to question.

Oviya is learning Tamil, Kannada, knows English and Malayalam. She is the daughter of a real estate operator in Kerala and her mother is a house wife. I am the only daughter in the family. I am continuing my BA in literature studies replied Oviya to another question.