Kochi: Surabhi Lakshmi, winner of the national film award for best actress for her performance in the Malayalam film Minnaminungu, has said she will not think of 'image' while selecting a role in a movie.
She said she wanted to be an actress who could easily handle any character and make it more beautiful.
"I don't think about image while selecting characters. The age of the character should not be a factor in selecting a role," the 30-year-old actress told a meet-the-press programme organised by the Ernakulam Press Club here.
Surabhi said she handled the role of a mother of two children in a popular TV show called 'M-80 Moosa.'
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"The role actually helped me to increase my value in the field," she said.
It was not correct to say that handling the role of aged people would decrease our value in the world of film and TV programmes, she said, adding that her award-winning role in the low-budget Malayalam movie Minnaminungu was of a mother of a grown up girl.
The actress said she considered the national award a turning point in her acting career.
"I am still amazed...I couldn't believe it," she said.
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Surabhi said, she, as an actress, had a dream of standing amidst flashes of camera.
Surabhi was in Oman for a stage show when the award was announced in New Delhi on April 7.
She came to know about her National Award victory from the people who had come to receive her on her arrival in the Gulf country.
