Y. Sunita Chowdhary
Eshwari Rao wants to do selective roles and not confine herself to the down trodden and Dalit woman that she is being shown mostly in Telugu and Tamil cinema. She played the domestic help in Director Bala’s Verma which released yesterday on Shreya’s ET, as Naga Chaitanya’s mother who plays an Anganwadi teacher in Shekar Kammula’s Love Story. The film is almost over with her part, that is two days left to be completed. In Venu Udugula’s Virataparvam, she is Sai Pallavi’s mother and plays an important role in KGF2.
“I am trying to stay away from repeated roles, for example what I did in Johar. I need that excitement in a role. Also I can’t spend too many days outdoors or the sets for long periods as my children are growing up, they need me. I guess, three films a year is more than enough for me and I can spend max ten days for a film in a month. If the subject is irresistible we can think about it. Because of the pandemic I had to reject Krish’s movie,” she tells Klapboardpost.com. She turns a wee bit sad when the topic veers towards SP Balasubramaniam. “I was in shock, totally silent for five days. It is just now that I am coming to terms that he is no more with us. I am a big fan of SPB and listen to his devotional songs every morning while cooking in the kitchen. He has become a member of every family.” 
Eswari Rao hails from Rajamundry but has made Chennai her home three decades back and when the film industry moved to Hyderabad, her parents preferred to stay back in Chennai. She worked in Tamil cinema, television serials and won many awards. Her last film in Telugu was Johar and before that it was Aravinda Sametha. She agrees that big films, whatever the box office status, have its own charm and value. From Balu Mahendra, Bapu to Maniratnam and Trivikram Srinias, she had worked with all. “I value my comfort zone and work with only those who understand my worth,” she signs off.”
