India, March 9 -- She is a Kannada star who rules the roost despite not having had a film release in nearly a decade. The Sandalwood Queen, as Kannada actor Ramya is popularly known, was outspoken about her own mental health struggles being a celebrity in the age of social media. During discussion on women in cinema at the Bengaluru International Film Festival, Ramya was asked by the media about her mental health struggles that she opened up about last year. (Also read: Kannada star Ramya says Kangana Ranaut's Emergency was a badly made film: 'That is why the audience rejected it')

The Katari Veera Surasundarangi star in fact teared up when she was asked this question and said, "You guys are going to make me cry. After I lost my father (...