Now Gamya is looking forward to a Bollywood careergraph on the lines of another Sri Lankan beauty, Jacqueline Fernandez . Says Gamya, who has an MBA from the University of Melbourne, "I flew down to Raipur to shoot this song even without having heard it.

It's a situational number that has been picturized at an engagement party of one of the characters. The lyrics of the song sung by Kanika Joshi and Bonnie Chakraborty go like: 'Chadti jawani mazedar/dheere dheere le le maja'.

" Being a Sri Lankan, Gamya didn't understand most of the song's lyrics. "But that wasn't an issue.

The film deals with how music is used to quell Naxallism in Chattisgarh and has Bhubaneswar's very own Pitobash, apart from Amit Purohit, Rituparna Sengupta , Raghuvir Yadav, Omkar Das Manikpuri, Murli Sharma, Aabid Shamim and Abhimanyu Singh." The conversation naturally veers to Jacqueline and whether the two have exchanged notes or not.

"I have bumped into her in Sri Lanka but haven't yet had any proper conversation with her in India. As a Sri Lankan, I feel proud when I see how far she has come.

" So is she expecting any help from her? "Just because someone is an Indian, will any established Indian-origin actor go all out to promote her? I don't expect Jacqueline to help me. If she does, it will be a bonus.

Of course, it will be great news for Sri Lanka if two of us do good work in Bollywood. She is my senior and has worked hard to be where she is.

That's what I too want to do." Talking about home, Gamya is happy that things have settled down and her country no longer wears the tag of being a war-ravaged nation.

"It's a fact that extreme conditions often inspire people to do extraordinary work. Director Vimukthi Jayasundara has showed that.

The good thing is that it's been two years since we have freed ourselves from terrorism. We have managed to recapture the areas that were once captured by terrorists.

Sri Lanka is now being viewed in a positive light. I am glad that cinema is now thriving there.

So many international films are now being shot there after the second birth of our nation. Deepa Mehta shot "Midnight's Children" there.

Recently, Q was shooting a Bengali film (read "Tasher Desh") there. He had offered me a role in it too, but I had to come down to India while they were shooting.

" So, what are her career plans post-"Aalaap"? "I am very interested in the craft of acting and that's perhaps why despite having done my MBA, I decided to try my hand at Bollywood. I needed a solid educational background before I took a plunge into acting.

I have been trained for 16 years in classical Sri Lankan dance called Kandyan. My aim is to become an all-rounded woman of substance.

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