Amy Jackson In 'Madrasapattinam'

By Sruthi Appu

Tuesday, August 17, 2010, 16:54

Amy Jackson, a Miss England contestant has bagged a lead role in A L Vijay's movie, “Madrasapattinam". Jackson was picked by Vijay, after seeing her picture on the Miss England website.

"I couldn't believe it. I'd never acted in my life - I didn't even know I could act,"Jackson said.

"Beauty pageants are big over in India so the director saw me on the competition website. He liked that I was white but had an Indian look so he tracked me down," she added.

In a month's time the actress was taken to Indian cities, like, Chennia and Hyderabad for shooting. She said that initially she was so worried about the language but the team's effort made her settle down finally.

When asked about her movie shooting experience, she said, “Filming was so nerve-wracking though. I'm used to modelling shoots where there''s about ten people on set, but I had to act in front of hundreds of cast and crew members."

"That''s real pressure when you''ve never acted before. But it was amazing working with A L Vijay because he is so passionate about his work. This film was his dream and I feel honoured that he chose me to help him fulfill it," she added.

This movie is made on the love story of a madrasi man, during pre – independence India in 1940, played by the actor Arya and the British daughter of the governor of Madrasapattinam.