Anupama Parameswaran: Marriage Should Be on Her Own Terms
Anupama Parameswaran opens up about family expectations, wedding traditions and Crazy Kalyanam, and why she will marry only when she feels ready.
Anupama Parameswaran is drawing a clear line between the family pressures shown on screen and her own life. While promoting the Telugu film Crazy Kalyanam, the actor said there is no pressure at home to marry or rush into a decision.
“My family always tells me to get married whenever I feel ready,” Anupama told Filmfare. The Karthikeya 2 actor added that while she looks forward to experiencing motherhood someday, she does not see marriage as a milestone that has to arrive on someone else’s timeline.
That is a meaningful distinction for Indian entertainment fans, who often watch stars field questions about marriage as if it were a deadline. Anupama is not answering wedding rumours here; she is talking about a role that asks the same questions many young viewers are asking about family, ambition and personal choice.
Known to audiences from Karthikeya 2 and Kishkindhapuri, Anupama is using Crazy Kalyanam to explore a relationship-driven story rather than chase a box-office template.
Wedding cultures, old and new
Working on Crazy Kalyanam gave Anupama a new perspective on regional wedding traditions. She compared the celebrations she knows from Kerala with what she observed in Telangana, and found two very different ritual worlds.
- Kerala weddings: traditionally simple and largely vegetarian, with earlier generations often limiting celebrations to the engagement and the wedding.
- Telangana weddings: a wider range of customs and festive rituals.
- A changing Kerala: ceremonies such as haldi and mehendi have become far more common over the years.
That cultural detail is more than wedding trivia. It frames the film’s central question about what a marriage should actually be.
Partnership, not a role
Anupama says Crazy Kalyanam suggests marriage should let two people build a happy life together, not reduce a woman to a domestic worker. “That is what my character Keerthi believes, and it is my personal opinion as well,” she said.
She describes Keerthi as a strict, sharp personality whose edges are balanced by a supportive male lead, and that tension drives the narrative.
Why the family reaction stays with her
Anupama’s parents recently watched Crazy Kalyanam and responded warmly. They connected with the emotional core of the story even though they do not know Telugu.
The reaction mattered to Anupama because she is trying to avoid a career built only on pay cheques. “I do not want audiences to feel that all my films are alike,” she explained.
With a slate of projects in Tamil and Malayalam, Anupama is prioritising versatility and distinctive characters over repeating what has already worked. For her, the challenge is to keep finding new sides of her craft.
For readers who have followed her across Malayalam and Tamil films, this latest turn pairs a personal disclosure with the theme of the film she is promoting. It is a quieter, warmer headline: the pressure Anupama is facing is not about when she marries, but about how she grows as an actor.
Source: Filmfare
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