Veteran television actor and classical dancer Sudha Chandran recently opened up about what she believes were paranormal encounters she experienced during shoots. In an interview with Hindi Rush, the actor spoke about sensing unusual energies on set and recalled incidents that left her deeply shaken.Sudha said she is extremely sensitive to her surroundings and can sense paranormal activity almost instantly.
‘I can sense paranormal activity very quickly’
Recounting an incident from a shoot in Gujarat, Sudha said she felt something was wrong almost immediately.“I can sense paranormal activity very quickly. This happened when I was shooting in Gujarat. It happened right in front of my eyes. I was attacked,” she said.Describing the night, Sudha recalled returning to her room after a long day of shooting. “I reached my room at around 11:30 pm, had dinner and went to sleep. I clearly remember that my mother and I were sleeping on the same bed,” she said.
‘It felt like a heavy weight pressing down on my chest’
Sudha said she woke up to a disturbing sight and an even more terrifying sensation.“When I woke up, I saw that a cupboard in the room was open. I could sense an energy moving towards me. When it reached me, it felt like a heavy weight pressing down on my chest. I was trying to open my mouth, but no sound was coming out. I couldn’t move my hands, even though my mother was right next to me.”She added that the presence felt increasingly menacing. “I could see it growling. I could sense that it was entering my body,” she said.
‘I took the name of Lord Kartik’
In that moment of fear, Sudha said she turned to faith.“I took the name of Lord Kartik, somehow struck my mother with my hand, and suddenly my voice came back. The pressure that was on my chest slowly lifted and left my body,” she recalled.Her mother immediately stepped in. “My mother applied vibhuti on me, and I became completely calm,” Sudha added.‘This place itself is like this’Sudha also shared another unsettling experience from a shoot in South India.“At night, I used to hear the sound of anklets and the sound of a woman crying,” she said. When she questioned people around her, she was met with a chilling response. “‘What can we even say, madam? This place itself is like this,’” she was told.
‘The moment I enter a place, I can sense if something isn’t right’
Over the years, Sudha said she has learned to trust her instincts completely.“The moment I enter a place, I can sense if something isn’t right. I tell my husband that this place doesn’t feel right and that we should play the Hanuman Chalisa. I always do puja wherever I go,” she said.She added, “It’s possible that a spirit may not want to attack us, but maybe we’re sitting in a space that belongs to them. What’s the harm in offering a prayer?”
‘There must be some reason behind it’
The actor also spoke about certain customs she followed while working in the South, especially during night shoots.“When I was shooting Mayuri in the South, we used to wear Mogra in our hair. But as soon as night fell, the hairdresser would remove it and say, ‘Madam, don’t go out at night wearing this. Don’t step out with your hair open. Don’t apply perfume. Please change your clothes,’” she recalled.Sudha said she never questioned these warnings. “I never asked why. There must be some reason behind it. These are hairdressers who have been working there for years — there has to be logic behind what they’re saying. So what’s the problem in following it?”She added, “It’s not like I say, ‘I’ll wear the gajra and go home, what’s the issue?’ There are certain things I always follow.”
‘I do know that I am blessed’
In the same interview, Sudha Chandran also addressed a video of hers that recently went viral. The clip, shot during a mata ki chowki at her home, showed her in what appeared to be a trance-like state, supported by family members.The actor admitted she has little memory of what happened. “I don’t remember what I was when I was in that zone. I won’t even say that the goddess herself entered me, because if that happens, your body will explode. No human can endure that energy,” she said. She added, “Some percentage of her might have entered me as a blessing; that’s it. Maybe it was her presence, maybe not. But I do know that I am blessed. I believe in these things, and it has happened with me.”
