"I Want To Put The Passport Issue Behind" - Mayuri

She is articulate, she is eloquent and is very clear about what she wants in life. Flora who became Asha Saini for the Telugu screen has been rechristened Mayuri. "Yes, I do believe a bit in astrology, some guiding force."

Tell her she has been more infamous than famous, the actress agrees. "I want to put that passport issue behind. All that the newspapers published were baseless and false..that I had taken girls to the US illegally. It's unfair to implicate people in false charges and imprison them. My mistake was to trust that Venkat Reddy who was in-charge of the travelling stuff and worked with one popular actor in the industry. When he asked me if I wanted to go to the US, I said yes, why not and gave him my passport and that's it. The next thing I knew was something baffling. I didn't enquire who he was, all I knew was that he worked for many industry people. There were so many people in the jail for these reasons, and they are not being talked about because they aren't celebs."

Mayuri says, "Everything happens for the good, I know now who my real friends are, lot of industry people gave me moral support and I don't want to take their names."

Mayuri had done one item song in Junction, why did she do that? She says, "When I signed the film I was told I'll be playing a vital role. Then the script changed, the director changed and they just retained the number."

Well, Mayuri plans to put all those things behind and start her career fresh. She is indebted to Chinna for giving such an important role in Aa Intlo. It was supposed to be done by Meena but in the last minute she was replaced by Mayuri. The actress says watch out for the climax it is my favourite. Apparently Chinna has put up a set worth 20 lakhs in Film City for the climax. (more...)