it has sort of become a routine that female actors who make their debut in an indrajit lankesh film strike rich thereafter either in bollywood or other industries like kollywood and tollywood if deepika padukone got her big btown break immediately after doing the kannada film aishwarya sadaa was cast in shankars anniyan after monalisa while ileana went on to do the hindi film barfee and shankars nanban after huduga hudugi now its the turn of indrajits new find nathalia kaur who has bagged a twofilm deal with ram gopal varma even before her debut sandalwood flick dev so muddegowda hits theatres we chats with indrajit lankesh about the trend his style of filmmaking and moreyou seem to have an eye for spotting the extraordinary when i am casting for a particular role i dont go out looking for an actor who is btown material i look for heroine material there is no denying that heroines in indian mainstream commercial cinema are there for glamour my films are usually high on the style and glam element and i work on them based on the motto horses for coursesso talent does not matter im not running an acting school and am not looking at making arthouse cinema i am a pukka commercial filmmaker and the presentation of the film is as important as the subject naturally i have to look at the glamour aspect and i need women who look good on screen of course i do need them to be able to act to some extent but i dont expect them to display the prowess of a smita patil or nandita dasfilms high on style may not appeal to local audiences in b and c centres it is about time that sandalwood wakes up to the concept of multiplex audiences if a movie plays at a single screen that has a capacity of over a 1000 and has less than half its capacity as opposed to having the same number queue up at a multiplex that has a 250odd seating capacity it makes sense to go housefull in the latter than just about manage to pay the rental of the single screen theatre if a film is very local in content you end up alienating one section of the audience the multiplex audience i am not for that i try to find a way into a multiplex for instance my new film will attract different audiences there will be people who want to see diganth others who like veteran anant nag then there will be those who recognize nathalia the swimsuit calendar model and want to see her onscreennathalia is now the toast of btown but she sees no reason to thank you for her debut what do you say about that im not old fashioned to seek gratitude i agree with natty that i used her and she used me now we are even she was chilled out not conservative and hence game for a lot more onscreen