Niveda Thomas, the child actress, turned a heroine in
Naveena Saraswathi Sabatham
with “
Jai
.” She rose to popularity after playing the daughter to
Kamal Haasan
in “
Papanasam
.” Recently, she made her Tollywood entry with “Ivan Vera Mathiri” fame “
Surabhi
” and “
Nani
” in “gentleman.” She is on cloud nine, as her debut film garnered appreciations all over. Hero Nani lauded her talent in a recent interview, which made her jubilant. She says that the film has mysterious characters, which kept the audiences engaged. The logical movie is handled sensibly by director
Mohan Krishna Indraganti
, says Niveda. When asked about the language, Niveda stated that she learned Telugu from her Telugu friends and did a lot of homework. She is happy that the film has provided her an opportunity to learn a new language. As she practiced the language at home, she could understand the dialogues, says Niveda. She says that Telugu film industry has broken up the typical Telugu films and has been going a different route. She says that she could find a cultural unity in Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu. Niveda is a B.Arch student, who is her third year. She is shuttling between her studies and the films.