Sonakshi Sinha in a still from Akira.
Mumbai:
Actress Sonakshi Sinha said that she feels she was born to do Akira.
At the trailer launch of Akira, Sonakshi was asked about the feeling of carrying the film on her shoulders.
"It feels more than great. It feels amazing. It feels that I was waiting for this moment and I was born to do this. It's been a lot of hard work for me to look the way I look in the film," said Sonakshi.
Akira has been directed by AR Murugadoss, who previously directed Sonakshi in Holiday: A Soldier Is Never Off Duty.
Sonakshi said that she enjoyed working with Murugadoss.
"I really want to thank Murugadoss sir, who has worked with the best action heroes in our country. He trusted me with this kind of a film. He's a fantastic director to work with. I was pleasantly surprised when he came to me with this film and he said that we'll turn it around and make it a women-centric, hard-hitting film about this girl's character," said Sonakshi.
Akira features Sonakshi's character coming to Mumbai from Jodhpur, where she gets into a tiff with the goons of the college she enrolls in. The story is about her fight to come out of a case, where the college goons, a corrupt cop played by Anurag Kashyap and another played by Konkona Sen Sharma play crucial roles.
"It has got a couple of tracks. There's Anurag's track. There is Konkona's track and my track and they are all interconnected in some way. So, it's a really cool Murugadoss style thriller," added Sonakshi.
"I love to watch action films and be a part of them. So, I was more than happy to do it. When I narrated the story to mom and dad, they too liked it because it was a very good, gripping story. A story of a single girl's struggle and fight. Overall, the role is very powerful. So, they were also very happy and there was no reason for me to say no to this film," said Sonakshi.
Akira is scheduled to release on September 2.
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At the trailer launch of Akira, Sonakshi was asked about the feeling of carrying the film on her shoulders.
"It feels more than great. It feels amazing. It feels that I was waiting for this moment and I was born to do this. It's been a lot of hard work for me to look the way I look in the film," said Sonakshi.
Akira has been directed by AR Murugadoss, who previously directed Sonakshi in Holiday: A Soldier Is Never Off Duty.
Sonakshi said that she enjoyed working with Murugadoss.
"I really want to thank Murugadoss sir, who has worked with the best action heroes in our country. He trusted me with this kind of a film. He's a fantastic director to work with. I was pleasantly surprised when he came to me with this film and he said that we'll turn it around and make it a women-centric, hard-hitting film about this girl's character," said Sonakshi.
Akira features Sonakshi's character coming to Mumbai from Jodhpur, where she gets into a tiff with the goons of the college she enrolls in. The story is about her fight to come out of a case, where the college goons, a corrupt cop played by Anurag Kashyap and another played by Konkona Sen Sharma play crucial roles.
"It has got a couple of tracks. There's Anurag's track. There is Konkona's track and my track and they are all interconnected in some way. So, it's a really cool Murugadoss style thriller," added Sonakshi.
"I love to watch action films and be a part of them. So, I was more than happy to do it. When I narrated the story to mom and dad, they too liked it because it was a very good, gripping story. A story of a single girl's struggle and fight. Overall, the role is very powerful. So, they were also very happy and there was no reason for me to say no to this film," said Sonakshi.
Akira is scheduled to release on September 2.
(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)
