Mumbai Sep 19 PTI Actor Nabha Natesh says she approached her latest Telugu feature Maestro as a fresh film and didnt succumb to the pressure of the black comedy thriller being a remake of the acclaimed Hindi film AndhadhunNatesh stars in the film as Sophie a role played by Radhika Apte in the 2018 original movie directed by Sriram RaghavanMaestro features actor Nithiin stepping into the shoes of Ayushmann Khurrana to play a blind piano player who unwittingly becomes embroiled in a murderIn an interview with PTI Natesh said she avoided falling into the trap of comparing how Apte had performed the role to retain freshness in her portrayalI didnt want to compare with what she had done in the original film My take on the character was to understand the mindset of a person who falls in love with a visually impaired personSophie looks at him as someone so strong who has a desire for life which is beyond his visual impairment I thought my character should stand on the zeal of his character and build it accordingly she saidDirected by Merlapaka Gandhi and produced by Shresht Movies Maestro is currently streaming on Disney Hotstar The film also stars Tamannaah Bhatia in the role originally essayed by Tabu in the National Award-winning AndhadhunNatesh said in her Telugu film career of three years and of nearly seven movies Maestro was the first remake she worked inThough she had loved Andhadhun the 25-year-old actor initially didnt know how to approach the character Consequently she decided the first step would be to not revisit the 2018 filmThe original film had made a huge impact It proved that people will watch and support a film like Andhadhun if its well made Bringing that content to Telugu which may not have been seen before in the industry was extremely exciting My character is nothing like what I had done previouslyBut I thought if I watch the film again I would get into a conflict I followed what the director was asking me to do I didnt remember every single frame of the original film so Maestro was a fresh film for me once I went on sets to begin filming The actor made her Telugu cinema debut in 2018 with the romantic drama Nannu Dochukunduvate co-starring Sudheer Babu and found success featuring in movies like Puri Jagannadhs sci-fi actioner iSmart Shankar and last years Solo Brathuke So BetterMaestro also fit the bill of her experimenting with the choice of projects she saidI constantly look forward to doing something different than what I have done before to not be repetitive Its embedded in me because I have done theatre where I was trained to do characters throughout Whatever opportunities I have been offered my attempt has been to do something newEven if the role isnt anything different I try to play it in a way that my audience doesnt feel they have seen me do this before Its probably the variations I offer or my attempt to not bore the audience with the same thing which may have worked for me and I wish to continue that going forward as well she added PTI JUR RDS RDS