I was drawn to 'Sufiyum Sujatayum' for its fable-like quality, says Aditi Rao Hydari

Actor Aditi Rao Hydari says she was drawn to Malayalam film "Sufiyum Sujatayum" for its fairytale-like romance where a mute woman falls in love with a Sufi priest in her neighbourhood. Directed by Naranipuzha Shanavas, "Sufiyum Sujatayum", musical romance movie also stars Jayasurya and Dev Mohan.

"re is a fable-like quality to story of this film. We don't actually kw if something is real or t real. emotions of characters are so flawed and yet so sweet and incent that it almost felt unreal. When I first heard script, it came across as a fairytale. It was an unreal world with real emotions," she told PTI in an interview.

33-year-old actor, who made her debut with a small part in 2006's Malayalam movie "Prajapathi", has featured in many productions across different langus, be it Hindi, Tamil, Telugu or Marathi.

She has been praised for her performances in movies such as Rakesh Omprakash Mehra's "Delhi 6", Sudhir Mishra's "Yeh Saali Zindagi", Mani Ratnam's "Kaatru Veliyidai" and Sanjay Leela Bhansali's "Padmaavat".

"Sufiyum Sajatayum" on Amazon Prime Video brings her back to Malayalam cinema. "I don't look at cinema from lens of langu or boundary. In films, playing a character is all about making audiences believe in your emotional journey. Emotions are universal and you don't need a langu to express m. director is captain of ship. way a director works is how you have to work on a film. difference is that I get to work with different directors and get to kw ir working styles," Aditi said.

actor said she loved story and her role as Sujata, which was a challenging character to portray. " biggest factor in my decision making was that I was going to play a girl who does t speak. It gave me a different experience. Practically, re was worry about dialogues and emotionally, re was need for me to express with tool of langu," she said.

But re were moments when she felt "frustrated" as she had to focus on every nuance to express herself. "At times, working on film was excruciating because we were used to a certain working and or things. But here, concentration was on every single detail, every stroke and every line. So at times, I used to feel frustrated but n, I would say it to myself that it is too rare to get an experience like this. So I should just savour every bit of it and enjoy it. And I did."

Aditi believes in embodying a character, both mentally and emotionally, to successfully pull it off. "When I pick a character or a script, n I don't look for similarities I have with character. Since I'm very visual in my approach, first thing I ask myself is wher I understand person I'm playing. I imagine myself as that person and sometimes it happens effortlessly." Produced by Vijay Babu's Friday Film House banner, "Sufiyum Sujatayum" premiered on Amazon Prime Video on Friday.