i dont want to look like a newcomer whos dropping names but she was on my flight from bangalore to mumbai last november they dont interfere in my work yes i have and i owe it to waheeda rehman we all have a sports background i have to make a mark in bollywood i was an engineering student in bangalore i am a huge fan of kajol at that time i started getting ad offers in my second year post which i was offered films i have seen all her films leaving that to start afresh in bollywood was difficult but you have to adapt to situations if you seek growth my mother is a lawyer who was a good badminton player my grandparents were also into sports initially they accompanied me to shoots i packed my bags and here i am dads a coffee planter are your parents fine with your career choice have you shifted base to mumbai they thought the film industry was a big bad world we have a coffee estate in coorg i want to be like her a good actor waheeda rehman was the reason i shifted to mumbai says south actress nidhi subbaiah who makes her bollywood debut was the transition from south to bollywood difficult it has become the indian film industry where actors directors and producers work together but they are now convinced that its a fantastic creative world it was thus reduced to a hobby i went to watch gupt when i was in school she may not remember this but while collecting my luggage i told her that i was a fan mumbai is extremely fastpaced so i miss my laidback bangalore and coorg she looked at me and said you have a beautiful face you must pursue a career in bollywood as an actress people know me in the south as i have worked there for threeandahalf years i am the only child so they are protective about me i was good at sports and wanted to pursue a career in sailing but theres no money in sports in india unless you play badminton or cricket i auditioned for ajab gazabb love and within two weeks we started the shoot what next how did movies happen i speak hindi very well there is no bollywoodsouth divide anymore