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 After
wooing the masses with soft characters that she
portrayed in Main Hoon Na and Bewafa, Sushmita Sen
is all out to shock and startle her fans with a
brutal performance in Kalpana Lajmi's Chingari. In
this film Sushmita Sen plays child-prostitute. Shot
extensively in the verdant landscapes of Panchgani,
Chingari tells a story of a woman, who was sold to a
brothel keeper when she is barely twelve. "Chingari
celebrates womanhood," Sushmita revealed.
What is Chingari all about?
Well, the character that I play in Chingari is that
of a prostitute. By that you must have guessed that
Chingari is about prostitutes. The film shows that
though I'm a prostitute by profession, I'm not
living with disgrace. I'm a prostitute yet I'm like
any other woman.
Surely there must be something more that prompted
you to say yes to the film…
Yes, of course! Basanti, the character that I play
in the film, is worldly wise yet there's certain
innocence about her. She is strong yet vulnerable.
She is tomboy yet she is feminine. Yes, she is also
very besharam just like prostitutes are (laughs)!
This is for the first time that I'm playing a
prostitute and have taken it as a challenge to
portray the character as realistically and
differently as possible. And it's been a tough
experience.
How was the experience of working with Kalpana
Lajmi?
Good! You know, I usually ponder a lot on a story
and the script before saying yes to the film. But
here I said yes in two hours of Kalpana narrating
the script to me.
Chingari apart, you also have Main Aisa Hi Hoon
with Ajay…
Yes, that is another film I'm looking forward to.
Ajay is playing a mentally challenged character in
the film. This is my second film with him after
Hindiustan Ki Kasam. As for my role, I don't want to
reveal much, I'm a surprise in the film. |
