India, April 26 -- Actor Srinidhi Shetty is only a few films old, having debuted with Prashanth Neel's KGF films in Kannada. While promoting her debut Telugu film HIT: The Third Case, she was asked by Siddharth Kannan if female actors in south Indian films don't get 'powerful roles'. Here's what she said. (Also Read: KGF's Srinidhi Shetty reacts to losing Sita's role in Ramayana to Sai Pallavi: 'Somewhere I thought.')

Srinidhi stated in the interview that while there are films where women have taken centre stage, there are others where the female lead and other characters are mere 'accessories' to the film or the hero.

She said, "Not really, there have been movies where they've gotten really strong roles and there have been movies they ...