Malavika Mohanan is a self-confessed sneakerhead. We chorus from embarrassing her by not asking what number of pairs she owns. “I ultimately needed to cease shopping for sneakers as a result of my mother was like there isn’t a house anymore,” laughs Malavika, who, fittingly, inaugurated the New Steadiness retailer at Specific Avenue in Chennai.

When she is just not working, and isn’t dressed for a job, she lives in sneakers. “As a result of I’m leaping from one airport to the opposite, or travelling. I really like exploring, and it includes a variety of strolling. I am going on a variety of wildlife safaris.”

Whereas she juggles various things in her private life, Malavika prefers to not do the identical in relation to movies. Nonetheless, whereas taking pictures for the soon-to-be-released Sardar 2 with Karthi, the actress was additionally engaged on Hridayapoorvam (with Mohanlal) and The Raja Saab (reverse Prabhas). “In a utopian world, I might have most well-liked being dedicated to at least one mission and being in that zone. However we don’t reside in a great world,” she laughs, including, “Timelines stored shifting. Date clashes occurred.”

Malavika Mohanan sporting her favorite New Steadiness 9060
| Picture Credit score:
Johan Sathyadas

All three roles she performed have been in numerous languages and fully numerous genres — a interval spy movie; a coronary heart warming drama; and a horror comedy. Whereas this thankfully didn’t have an effect on the characters she performed, Malavika says it did lead to sleepless nights as she travelled from one shoot to a different. “It acquired actually tough on a variety of days.” Generally, she would wind up at one set and begin talking in Tamil, when she needed to communicate in Telugu. Effectively, you reside, you study.

In Sardar 2, Malavika performs a job she considers distinctive to every little thing else she has portrayed earlier than. “On this thrilling spy thriller, I needed to do difficult motion sequences. I went by means of a variety of technical coaching.” She narrates how she needed to climb 200 metres by stairs, and soar from there. Despite the fact that she had the security of the harness, the problem was to get the physique language proper, preserve a good core and stretch arms ahead at a sure angle. “Nerve wracking within the second, however an adrenaline rush later.”

Recognized for her versatility and selection of roles, her want listing contains romantic movies and a interval drama — the place she will get to decorate like a princess. Subsequent, Malavika is gearing up for a Tamil movie. Particulars, in fact, are nonetheless below wraps.

After 12 years within the trade, how does Malavika resolve between business attraction and inventive satisfaction when selecting roles? “It’s a advantageous steadiness between the 2. I need to attain as many audiences as I can. You by no means know what can attain who, and it’s vital to dabble in all kinds of cinema and simply have enjoyable with it.”

Malavika Mohanan inaugurates the New Steadiness retailer in Specific Avenue, Chennai
| Picture Credit score:
Johan Sathyadas