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Very difficult to cope with all the attention: Priya Prakash Varrier's family

 

 

 Priya Prakash Varrier has become an overnight celebrity. The 18-year-old, a first year B.Com student at Vimala college in Thrissur, featured in a Malayalam song Manikya Malaraya Poovi from the film Oru Adaar Love.

A clip from the song has since gone viral online and has made her an Internet sensation not just in India but in countries as far as Egypt and neighbouring Pakistan, where fans have been posting comments about her expressive face.

When TNM contacted her family, it was her mother Preetha who answered the phone. "Priya has gone to the hostel," she says, preparing to hang up.

But when asked why, Preetha opened up, saying that the instant fame has left them stymied.

"The director has told us strictly not to give any interviews," she says. "He has said she's to give interviews only after the film releases. The film has just started and they've shot only a little bit. I've sent her to the hostel because of all this noise."

"We never expected this to happen," Preetha adds. "We never thought much about it. She had a desire and so we took her to an audition. She'd gone for another audition last year called by the same team, when she was a Class XII student and they'd selected her for that film as well - but the shooting was during the board exams. So she couldn't go for it. They'd said then itself that she should come the next time there's a casting call."