“I asked my mother to disconnect her call with Alphonse Puthiran because I thought he was a stalker who wanted to kidnap me.”
One day, when she was browsing Facebook, among random friend requests and messages, she stumbled upon a message from Alphonse Puthiran. “In that message, he said that he was making a film and that he wished to cast me in it. I completely ignored it. The dance shows had happened a long time ago and I was happy doing medicine in Georgia with no intentions of doing movies at all.” The same year, when she came to India on vacation, her mother was on a call with Alphonse Puthiranon the other side. “I was standing next to her when I heard her say his name, and I asked to disconnect the call because I thought he was a stalker who wanted to kidnap me. He obviously heard that and very calmly asked my mother to look him up on Google and then come back to Facebook to confirm his verified account.”
“I asked him whether I should get treated for my skin or cut my hair or start using makeup but he had the role sketched in his mind and did not pay any heed to my anxiety.”
She had 6 months before the shooting for Premam. She headed back to Georgia with the thought that this was too good to be true. “Alphonse isn’t somebody who keeps in touch very often. He messaged me once in 2 months or so. I was happy eating chocolates, sweets and all that I shouldn’t have in order to prevent more pimples. Towards the end of that semester in college, he sent me the script. Just to confirm, I sent back a picture of me so that he knew how I looked. I even asked him whether I should get treated for my skin or cut my hair or start using make upbut he had the role sketched in his mind and did not pay any heed to my anxiety.”
