great talent has emerged from theatre while most people eventually settle down in the film industry there are a few that continue to keep in touch with their first love mollywood actress padmapriya is one such who after quite a long break has decided to get back on stage ive always been a part of theatre but getting back on stage now is rather special as i have not been on it since i began my film career says padmapriya who is currently in bangalore for the same the play is a result of a meeting of likeminded people actress ann augustine director v k prakash writer jayaprakash kuloor and i were talking about theatre once and realised that we all wanted to produce good plays that can reach out to a wider audience she explains padmapriya has taken up the task of acting in two of the four plays that have been adapted from the works of anton chekov and jayaprakash kuloor in the meantime padmapriya insists that getting back on stage does not mean she is moving away from films the actress recently made her debut on the bengali movie screen with aparajita tumi i was thrilled that an audience as critical as the one we find in bengal gave my film a thumbs up i was part of the bollywood film strikers which i would call a niche film though apart from this there is not much happening up north admits the actress closer home padmapriya will be seen in director p balachandrans ivan megharoopan director lals cobra m a nishads number 66 madurai bus and gautham menons tamil production thangameengal ensures she is busy for the rest of the year im greedy for good films and will test waters in new territories as long as i get to satiate that greed