Avinash Lohana (MUMBAI MIRROR; October 3, 2015)
After working with Nicole Kidman, Dev Patel and Rooney Mara in Garth Davis's Hollywood feature, Lion, Ranbir Kapoor's Besharam girl, Pallavi Sharda, is all set for another international outing. This time she will keep Irish heartthrob, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, company. The actor is best known for the historical fiction TV series, The Tudors. Shambhala is a survivalist drama written and directed by Australian filmmaker Summer Nicks. It chronicles the journey of a plane crash survivor, played by Meyers, and is set in the Hindu Kush mountain range in Northern Pakistan, but will be shot in North India. "It's an interesting script intertwining the lives of the central characters, following the crash. I play this really strong character, Nadia, who goes against social traditions and norms. It's something I've never done before," says Pallavi.
The film, which rolls in a couple of weeks, features an ensemble cast, including Jonathan, Akshay Kumar (Homeland) and Kabir Singh (Damaged, One Less God). The 27-year-old actress, who will continue shooting till the year end, is currently working with the costume designer on her look.
"We'll go through some workshops before we start shooting. I play an Urdu speaking woman so I'm working on the dialect to make the character look believable," says Pallavi.
Summer had liked Pallavi's work in Hawaizaada. She was in Los Angeles where she met him, where he narrated the script to her and took a couple of auditions. Despite her international outings, the Australian - Indian actress insists that Bollywood is still the priority and is going through scripts.