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Have Chokher Bali and Raincoat taken you away from everything else that you've done?

Binodini in Chokher Bali was a fabulous character -- one of the deepest characters I've played. It gave me some of the satisfaction that I get working in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's films. My character in Chokher Bali communicated her graph through the wide space provided by the timeframe and the locations.

In Raincoat, my character Niroo has to convey all her feelings and emotions in one afternoon when she meets Ajay's character. It has been the most challenging character in my career. Both the characters are so real.

Raincoat was the fastest-shot film of my life. I shot for just 10 days! The entire film was shot in 16 days. Now, I pity Ritu. Other producers will ask him to shoot just as quickly!

To me, Raincoat was like theatre on celluloid. Space and props are very important for an actor. In other films, there's so much ambience to play out the emotions. In Raincoat, there was just one room. That made it exciting and challenging.

I play a Bihari woman. I asked Ritu to have a Bihari present at the dubbing to pick up her words, but he refused. He said my character had migrated from Bihar to Kolkata long ago. And I agree. Bengal is culturally so strong that even when I go there for a week I start speaking like them.

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