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I'm very good at solving mysteries.
Thanks to my Bengali genes I look very young.
I am no star. Nobody recognises me on the street.
My uncle has a VHS collection of over 20,000 films.
I'm a greedy actor, craving for exciting parts to play.
I did not work for a year after 'Margarita With a Straw'.
I can never do something that I am not 100 per cent convinced about.
Women should be portrayed as they are, authentically and truthfully.
I do many commercials. All of them are interesting in their own ways.
My work or art form should represent the kind of world view I believe in.
Human beings needed to slow down. We had been living a life full of hustle.
I would love to act in Bengali movies, but the work culture here is pathetic.
There are very very few narratives in mainstream that are actually about the woman.
Even 'Posham Pa' is written by a woman so it's a perspective which I empathise with more.
I am terribly lazy . So, if I don't have to get out of the house, I will sleep away the entire day.
I've seen and always been extremely aware of racism... casual racism, serious racism... all of that.
I have always stayed away from works that objectify women or is misogynistic or politically incorrect.
I heard Hindi film songs only on Chitrahaar, when my next door neighbour would increase the volume of her TV.
My priority as an actor is just to be doing different kinds of roles. I say no to anything I have done before.
Growing up, I would go to Darjeeling and Kurseong a lot and most of the locals would only talk to me in Nepali!
But I don't want to be stamped a serious actress. I am a very goofy person, too. I want to do mainstream films.
I've always been interested in why do people behave in certain ways which are crazy from a normal point of view.
If it is a good film, the audience will like it. They will take to it if it is made with a certain amount of integrity.
As an artist, there are times when you need to take a leap of faith... For me, it's important that the gaze is correct.
Four More Shots' Please wanted to show a bunch of women who have agency, are fierce but not apologetic about their life.
In my opinion, empowerment is when women have the chance to do what they want to do and the courage to do what they want.
We are all driven by our personal realities. Otherwise you are a saint or someone who has dedicated their lives to activism.
Four More Shots' is high on the glamour quotient and has perfect looking women. But to constantly look perfect is quite exhausting.
I'm not one of those who gets star struck at all, I don't feel I should give someone so much importance just because they are famous.
North-east films are still not on a national level. But 'Axone' is a mainstream film. I found the script very authentic and also very funny.
Probably I look different in different get-ups, so I can pass off as an urban and rural character, hopefully with the same kind of conviction.
I started my own chat show on Instagram, that also takes time. Then, I have also been singing and painting. I actually enjoy the down time that I get.
We take so much for granted; we can't imagine life without our five senses. I sometimes would wonder what it would be like if I suddenly couldn't see one day.
I, for one, believe TV is something you can do without - it colours the way you look at things and people. It's not the best exposure for children, growing up.
My mum knew if I got out of Kolkata, I wouldn't return. So she made me sit for the entrance of St Xavier's. But once I set foot in Delhi, there was no returning.
One of the most difficult things I find as an actor is to laugh on cue. It is way harder than crying or other emotions. It's sometimes harder than yawning on cue.
I abhor badly-written characters and any character, be it man, woman, any character in the film. If it is a well-written character, it will come across as strong.
When I came to Mumbai eight years ago, I had a realistic approach. I was sure that nobody will give me work... And I was also very choosy about wheat kind of work I did.
I skip breakfast. I haven't yet figured out what's the best breakfast that doesn't give me acidity. I drink warm water in the mornings with amla juice and triphala juice.
I think what 'Four More Shots' wanted to do from the word go is to create a narrative where women have the agency. None of the characters are perfect. They have their flaws.
I know how a Manipuri is different from a Mizo or someone from Shillong. It's culturally very different... the food is also very different, and so is the language and dialect.
I stayed back in Delhi for a year-and-a-half while I was working in the corporate sector. My office was in Qutab Institutional Area, and I used to live in CR Park at that point.
The only thing redeeming about my being born a Bengali is being brought up reading Rabindranath and Saratchandra. Other than that, the stagnancy of this city put me off all along.
I have been brought up around art. Even now, when I travel, I love going to museums and spend hours in front of paintings. Art is like oxygen for me. That's what I miss in Bombay.
I'd like to see a day when we're less obsessed with stars and give due credit to everyone who is involved in the process of filmmaking and a change in the obsession with fair skin.
I never had any apprehensions while shooting for intimate scenes, we are all actors. The only apprehension would be about who are the people who are working on that particular project.
I believe in eating everything and love my rice and sweets. And eating it without guilt and worry... I feel that's the best way to digest food. I don't ever do a rigorous dieting normally.
I'm dying to do a masala Bollywood film with typical song and dance. But having said that, my character in the film should have her own point of view. I won't play a role who has no brains.
Women are more meticulous and methodical. But on the other hand, I feel if you go on a male-dominated set, which is mostly any other set, you don't ask how it was to be on a male-dominated set.
Axone', of course, was on racism, but it was also a kind of representation that hadn't happened ever before of the Northeast and the people from there. It was a nicely-written script; it was funny.