Aishwarya Rajesh: I’d love to do an ‘Obsession’-type movie

Versatile actress Aishwarya Rajesh says she is now looking to explore darker and more challenging characters after playing a wide variety of roles in her career. The actress revealed that she would love to portray a role with negative shades, similar to the iconic Neelambari, and is also keen on doing a psychological drama like “Obsession”, the recent Hollywood blockbuster.

Speaking in a recent interaction, Aishwarya said she has not had many opportunities to play antagonist-like characters so far.

“I have mostly played positive roles until now. I would love to do characters with negative shades like Neelambari. I also want to act in a film like Obsession, where the character has intense psychological layers,” she said.

Talking about language and dialects, Aishwarya said being a Telugu girl has worked in her favor.

“I am a Telugu girl, so I don’t find any Telugu dialect difficult. I can speak in the accents of different regions. I consider myself fortunate to get opportunities to perform in various dialects in both Telugu and Tamil,” she said.

The actress also spoke about balancing films and web series. According to her, OTT platforms have opened up opportunities to reach auiences across the globe.

“I don’t want to limit myself to any one platform. Web series have tremendous global reach. I am currently working on one project for Amazon Prime Video and another web series for Jio Hotstar,” Aishwarya revealed.

Reflecting on her career, Aishwarya said there was once a belief that heroines had only a three-year career span, which initially made her want to sign as many films as possible.

“I used to believe that too in the beginning. That’s why I wanted to do as many films as I could. So far, I have acted in nearly 50 films, and almost every role I accepted was because I genuinely liked it,” she added.