Model-turned-actress Sana Thampi on her First Collaboration with Kiran Rao for Lust Stories 3

Sana Thampi has successfully made her Bollywood debut with the anthology series, Lust Stories 3. After making it big in her modelling career, Thampi headlines one of the four stories in Lust Stories 3, marking a significant one directed by the acclaimed filmmaker Kiran Rao.

As the Netflix film has been released, Thampi opened up about her first collaboration with Kiran Rao and revealed how she came onboard. “Kiran is one of my favourite filmmakers, and we have seen the best come out of her. At the time of auditioning, I wasn’t aware it was for her directorial or for Lust Stories 3. I was just told that it was for the role of a lead in a short film. I did an audition where my third meeting was with Gurfateh Pirzada. I thought it was for an audition again, but it turned out to be a final step. It was the makers finalising both of us for the story after Netflix’s approval,” says Sana and continues, “I love Kiran Rao’s attention to detail, and we’ve already seen it in the projects she has done before. I am really glad to have worked with the entire team, they made it so incredibly fun, exciting and a stress-free experience for me.”

Lust Stories 3 brings Sana Thampi together with a formidable ensemble. In her first, she shares the screen space with Radhika Apte, Vijay Varma, Konkona Sen Sharma, and Abhishek Banerjee among others, marking a promising debut in Bollywood.