Shruthi Haasan was in Hyderabad recently to promote her much awaited first Telugu film 'Anaganaga Oo Dheerudu', a fantasy film directed by veteran director K Raghavendar Rao's son Prakash Kovelamudi under Walt Disney production, and she was clearly excited.

The first look of this film in which Shruthi plays Priya, a gypsy fortune teller has got rave reviews. Slated for Sankranti release, Shruthi said the response so far to the trailers of this movie which happens to be her debut as actress in Telugu is more than what she could have asked for.

"Though I acted in this movie, I didn't watch the trailers until now. I just watched it with everyone else and I am equally shocked and it surpasses my expectation. I read the script and liked it immediately when I was offered this film. I am a great fan of graphic novels and since the movie was being directed by Prakash who has the lineage of his father K Raghavendar Rao and stars Siddharth and Laxmi Manchu, I knew this was something special. My character has lot of transitions and is versatile. Every character in this film has prominence and scope to perform. No character in this film is big or small and I am so happy to have been a part of a cinema that the country can be proud of" she said with eyes filled with excitement.

Did she research on the character or fortune tellers before she went on sets?

"I am not a method actor. I know my dad is and Siddharth who is my costar in this film too is methodical and do a lot of research. But I didn't do any on fortune tellers. If you have a good character, script, director and ace-star, it becomes easy to give a performance the character demands and it takes you to a different world. I am spontaneous. The outfits and the sets bring in that feel subconsciously in our minds.", stated the daughter of Kamal Haasan.

'Anaganaga Oo Dheerudu' will mark her entry into Kollywood too as this movie will be dubbed into Tamil. She feels that as long as money is spent well and film makers give value for money, big budget films will do well.

"There are lot of movies on which money is spent but when you watch it you don't know where the money went in the visuals. I believe any business is ready for those who are going to push the boundaries and business is no exception. It is a visual splendour and family entertainer. If I was asked where I would put my money, I would do that on movies like this", Shruthi asserted.

The film with powerful visual effects, fantasy characters, wizards and witch crafter characters, she says they makes for an exciting viewing pan India as good movies transcend language barriers.

"Cinema is a powerful medium and when I watch Japanese or French movies, I don’t understand the lines yet understand the story. Movies are like music and they don't need a language to understand. This film more so is visually stimulating and exciting which is an advantage. Besides, God bless subtitles."

Rumours are rife that she is seeing her co-star Siddharth and are found going around publicly in the city too often. Is there something more than what it meets the eye?

"It is a part and parcel of our job and I take it with a pinch of salt. Siddharth is a very dear friend of mine. For people to speculate on our relationship, I wouldn't want to waste my time on clarifying it when I am so happy with the trailers of the film." Shruthi rounded off.