English Girl In Hindi And Tamil Cinema
Indian cinema is going global. Strange things are happening that have never happened before. Indian cinema never had heroines enter the screen from England and the US but that is happening now and the latest girl to make an entrance in the world of Tamil and Hindi cinema is Amy Jackson. Here is a pure white English girl, who wears Indian dresses and stands out in the world of Indian cinema.
Amy Louise Jackson was born in 1990 on the Isle of Man in England. Her father worked with the BBC. She won the ‘Teen Princess’ award in 2008 and stood out. She immediately landed her a $20,000 modeling contract that brought her to the United States. She came close to getting the Miss England award after being crowned Miss Liverpool.
In 2009, some Indian film producers saw her on a model website and invited her for a screen test. She passed the test and landed the role of the British Governor’s daughter in the Tamil film. madrasapattinam (1947: A love story), along with the actor Arya. The film was released in 2010 and was a commercial success. This prompted the producers to cast hr in a Mumbai Hindi film. She now she has debuted in Hindi movie. Ek Deewana tha along with Prateik, son of actress Smita Patil and Raj Babbar. In this movie she plays a Christian malyali and it is a remake of a Tamil movie Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa. The film appears to be a commercial success. Credit must go to producer Gautham Menon who cast her in this role.
Amy Jackson is perhaps one of the first British girls to make it big in Hindi cinema after a success in Tamil films. She is also well educated and attended Edwards College. She has 2 Tamil movies on the sets.
Amy Jackson in the Mumbai movie carries herself with poise and looks alluring in the saree. She has some beautiful love scenes with Prateik in the film, which are an aesthetic delight.
The globalization of Hindi cinema is completed with the arrival of a British girl in Indian cinema. This is definitely a challenge for Indian girls to make it big in Hollywood. Malika Sherawat and Friedo Pinto make a start. These two girls have tried very hard, but bad luck has eluded them and they have been unsuccessful. But a start is made.