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‘Don’t know my gotra’: Aishwarya Lekshmi on confronting casteist attitudes in rural Tamil Nadu

Actor Aishwarya Lekshmi talks about the casteist attitudes she encountered in a Tamil Nadu village during the shoot of a film.

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Aishwarya Lekshmi recounts her experience shooting a movie in Erode

Aishwarya Lekshmi recalls her experience shooting a movie in Erode.

Actor has shared a candid account of her experience while shooting for a schedule of her upcoming film in Erode, describing the shift in cultural context as jarring and, at times, uncomfortable due to casteist attitudes she encountered in a village.

Speaking about her time in Erode in a conversation with Rajini Haridas, Aishwarya said the atmosphere felt like a throwback to an earlier era. “It was a very different life. We were shooting for a portion set in 1996. I kept asking the director, ‘Will people mistake this for a different era?’ The place felt very old. It had a very different culture,” she said.

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