With nominations for best actor in Russian and Greece film festivals, for her debut film Frozen, under her belt, actor Gauri basks in the raining glory of accolades

Some time back she was the Channa ve girl. But as she conveniently sheds the tag and endorses the new brand Frozen, the parameters change. From a typical popular music album to an award winning off-beat film, the transition has not been smooth for Gauri, whose debut in Shivajee Chandrabhushan’s Frozen had the damsel rooted on the slippery snow for three long hours. Shooting at a chilling minus 25 degrees Celsius was the toughest task for Gauri, who still was on the threshold of entering her acting career.

“I never thought this would be the place where I will finally land,” says the psychology student, who just chanced upon Kunal Ganjawala’s song channa ve. The music video, also directed by Shivajee Chandrabhushan, featured Gauri. “Before channa ve I did not have any connection to this medium. The song was my introduction to this industry and Chandrabhushan thought I might fit in the role of Lasya in his film,” she says.

With Frozen garnering accolades world wide, Gauri too is close on heels with nominations in best actor category in two different international film festivals. The film that has entered 30 film festivals and already has 18 awards in its kitty. Gauri too is hopeful of her nominations in Greece and Russian film festival. “ I am glad that for my debut role I have been nominated for best actor in Russian and Greece film festival. For a person, who was a complete non actor once, I think it quite an achievement,” she says.

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