Exploring new things has always drawn Sonakshi Sinha. Yet, it took her 15 years to attempt her first Telugu film. The actor is foraying into Telugu cinema with Jatadhara, a supernatural fantasy that sees her alongside Sudheer Babu. She begins, “Language is no longer a barrier for the audience. We all watch content from different countries — Korea, Spain, and others. So, why should it be [a barrier] for actors?”

In 2014, years before the OTT boom blurred the boundaries of language, Sinha featured in Lingaa, her first Tamil offering. What took her over a decade to be South-bound again? Her packed Hindi film schedule, says the actor. “This came at the perfect time. I’d wrapped one project and had a small window before the next began. Everything, from the narration to the shoot, happened within a year,” she marvels.