Spare Sarala says Serasinghe

Talking about Sarala veteran actress Iranganie Serasinghe said she was impressed at the potential and latent talent hidden in the child prodigy.

Iranganie Serasinghe who plays a key role of a mother-in-law to Chauya in 'Water' spoke of the wonderful talent that Sarala possessed. It has already won rave reviews. She said that it is important to shield her skill as 'natural actress' without spoiling it.

"She is such a brilliant and natural actress and I pray that her talent will not be damaged and destroyed," said the experienced actress whose natural talent was recognised by several international directors.

Speaking of the dedication and love that Sarala had for acting Iranganie said that there was a scene where they had to take many retakes. As this was going on Sarala stood up to the test where many an experienced actress would have shown signs of fatigue or impatience.

John Abraham and Sarala

"One has to realise that acting has to be inborn. And there are only a few who are born with such a talent and Sarala is definitely one," said Iranganie.

Speaking of the undue influence that directors use to force down their concepts of how a child should act she said the tragedy is that most of the people don't know how to teach children to act. "What they do is they get these little ones to act the way they want and this is the end of the unspoiled latent talent." It is the beginning of blind imitation as the child thinks it is the way to act.

Most of the time the latent talent in child actors is used for economic purposes. "And I hope that Sarala will not be a victim of this type of exploitation."

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