She added, “Here we have a wonderful gentleman [Ashok Teja] who does not look at a woman like that. He looks at women like she’s divine. Divine can be glamorous, lethal and powerful. A woman can be many, many things.”

In an interview with The Hindustan Times, Tamannaah opened up about gender equality in the film industry, acknowledging the progress being made.

“It’s getting better. It definitely is getting better a lot. There’s some part of the wokeness that’s working very well for us. The women need to own up to themselves,” she said.

She further expressed her thoughts on the ongoing struggle for women’s empowerment, noting, “I think we are fighting too hard. I think there’s too much of a struggle to empower us or there’s this constant need to outline it that we are women and that we are struggling and that, I mean, it’s us. We are the ones who are constantly putting that into perspective.”

Odela 2, a supernatural thriller directed by Ashok Teja and written by Sampath Nandi will hit the theatres on April 17. The film features Tamannaah in the lead role. Other actors include Hebah Patel, Vasishta N Simha, Yuva and Naga Mahesh.