Irra Mor says I was not comfortable doing the liplock scene in ‘Bhairava Geetha’

Irra Mor the female lead in Bhairava Geetha decided that it was time to put her 9-5 job behind her to chase her calling. “My father is a very strict person, and the entire family is highly qualified. My dad is a lawyer, my mum a professor, my sister a doctor and my brother a techie. So, acting was something that was never planned,” says Irra, who is looking to the release of her first outing shortly in Kannada and Telugu.

She still recalls how, despite clearing the exams for the Navy, her family, keen that she pursues engineering, hid the acceptance letter. “They wanted me to be an engineer, get into a  job and get married,” she says.

With no godfather, every newcomer fears entering the film industry. But not Irra, who says she doesn’t know its meaning. “We are from a Jat family, so there’s nothing called fear in our vocabulary. My only confusion was where to start, or whom to contact. Thankfully, my background in theatre helped,” she says.

“There are so many films being madein every region. As a newcomer, I was focussing on the film rather than the language. Of course, I was also keen to work with a good production house. That’s when I connected with  Ram Gopal Varma sir, who suggested Bhairva Geetha, produced by Bhaskar. I was given a good package – a good story, a strong role, an excellent team, which was a good start ,” Irra Mor says.

Irra’s character Geetha, she says is far from how she is is. “Geetha is well educated and hails from London. When she comes back home, ad sees all these happenings, she rebels even against her father,” Irra Mor says.

So, what about the liplock scene? “It all depends whether it is really needed or it is done just to promote the film. In Bhairava Geetha’s case, there is this exchange of expression in love, which is why it was necessary.  Personally, I was really not comfortable. I had to do it in front of hundreds of people on the sets. But I just looked at it professionally,” Irra Mor says.