piaa bajpai the small town girl from uttar pradesh has succeeded in making a mark in the south indian film industry in a short span of time the actress who made an entry in mtown with prithvirajstarrer masters is now back with her mentor priyadarshans upcoming movie aamayum muyalum in a candid chat piaa speaks about her tryst with movies dealing with success and failure and more excerptstell us about your priyadarshan project aamayum muyalum it was a dream come true to act in a priyadarshan film it wont be an exaggeration to say that i was in a trance like state when i started shooting for the film seriously it took two to three days to sink in the fact that i am working in a priyadarshan movie he is the one who introduced me to kollywood director vijay for poi solla porom and that paved the way for my movie debut he is my mentor and i wanted to give my best shot i would love to do more projects with him when it comes to his films i am a greedy laughshow was it working with your costar jayasurya all the 40 days of shoot was filled with fun and frolic i have never laughed so much in my entire life in fact i never thought i could easily spend one and half months at the shooting location in karaikudi but i did and all thanks to my costars every evening they used to go on a food hunt exploring the authentic cuisine of the southern village since i am a vegan i couldnt taste everything but i enjoyed their company a lot my look in the movie is very different i have mostly sported curly hair in my films but in this film i play a village belle and i had to get my hair smoothened to braid it that gave me a fresh lookhow comfortable are you with malayalam now better i guess this is my second film in malayalam and i would say it is one of the most difficult languages to learn but i think i am very good at lip syncing i dont know how i am doing it but even if you give me chinese i will give proper lip synchow do you select a project theres always pressure on an actor if your film is a hit you will get a lot of calls and appreciation however if my project flopped i wont blame anyone i will never say it was my mistake to act in that film it is an unprofessional attitude i have never signed any project on the basis of money if a project or character thrills me i am sure it will excite the audience too i have a positive attitude towards life i have worked as a receptionist and a tutor before entering movies i believe in myself and that is what keeps me going for instance in 2013 i did not have any exciting