Reader’s Digest India – July 2019

Tell us about your journey from

Visakhapatnam to Mumbai.

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h Indian household. My father would

way a lot since he was in the [Indian]

M hant Navy. I was a bit of a loner as a

k d Once a teacher asked us to complete

t entence ‘If I were a ... ’, and while all

th udents were writing doctor, engineer,

p dent, I wrote ‘If I were a bird’. In retro-

p , that reflected how I felt. In school, I

t all my time in the library. I immersed

my lf in books to get an edge over the kids

nd me. From geography to genetic

m tion, I knew everything! Till the age

f I must have hardly seen more than

2 f lms, including eight Harry Potter ones.

Sur move to Mumbai, and then

melling, happened purely by chance?

I nted to travel out of my little town.

I certain of that. Mumbai was my first

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I had a modest upbringing in a simple

South Indian household. My father would

be away a lot since he was in the [Indian]

Merchant Navy. I was a bit of a loner as a

kid. Once a teacher asked us to complete

the sentence ‘If I were a ... ’, and while all

the students were writing doctor, engineer,

president, I wrote ‘If I were a bird’. In retro

spect, that reflected how I felt. In school, I

spent all my time in the library. I immersed

myself in books to get an edge over the kids

around me. From geography to genetic

mutation, I knew everything! Till the age

of 18, I must have hardly seen more than

20 films, including eight Harry Potter ones.

So your move to Mumbai, and then

modelling, happened purely by chance?

I wanted to travel out of my little town.

I was certain of that. Mumbai was my first

‘‘

Dhulipala has grabbed attention with

by Divya Unny

114 July 2019