India, March 2 -- Actor Malavika Mohanan, who is all set to make her Telugu-language debut with The Raja Saab opposite actor Prabhas, is deeply passionate about wildlife photography. Ask her about it and she says, "I've grown up enamoured with the jungle and the life within it."

Raised in Mumbai, surrounded by the constant hustle and bustle of city life, Malavika found herself "fascinated by nature and wilderness". "I've always been a 'Bombay girl', surrounded by a concrete jungle," she tells us, adding, "I truly connected with it (wildlife photography) when in my twenties, a friend of mine, who frequently goes on safaris, invited me on one. It's wasn't your typical safari; it was more about venturing deep into the jungle, away from set ...