‘I wasn’t the prettiest girl in school: Shriya

Shriya Saran is desperate to shrug off the “hot” image tag that’s accompanied her throughout her career. Moreso these days, after recently she won an online poll — Ultimate Hottie of the South.  The actress is in the news not for her sober role in the Hindi remake of Drishyam, in which she plays a mom, but for winning an online poll.

“I wasn’t the prettiest girl in school. One of my friends, who saw me 20 ago, was stunned after seeing the poll and said she couldn’t even recognise me now. I had oily hair and spectacles. I was popular more for my dance than my looks in school,” says Shriya Saran.