Mumbai: Bollywood actress Raima Sen, who is doing a balancing act between Bollywood, Tollywood and digital entertainment, says she will continue working in Bengali cinema.
She says working in Bengali cinema not only teaches her the craft but also gives her a chance to collaborate with great filmmakers.
“I will never stop working in Bengali films; because I have learnt a lot of things as an actor from the Bengali film industry. I am fortunate to work with some of the iconic film directors like late Rituparno Ghosh who taught me a lot,” Raima told media person in an interview.
“I have worked with many young filmmakers in Bengal where the stories are very good, women-oriented films and very progressive interesting work…Bengali films have given me a lot,” she added.
As her new short film, “Mehmaan” will soon be out on the OTT platform ZEE5, she gave a little insight into the character.
Bengali beauty Raima Sen says she will continue to expose her inner tallent!:
She said: “Since it is a short film, I won’t talk much about my character but I am playing a wife who is loved by her husband very much. He is ready to do anything to keep her happy. But is actually a bizarre…how the story unveils that.”
This is not the first time she acted in digital content as she mentioned, “there is a Bengali OTT platform called ‘Hoichoi’ where I acted in a web series. But, Zee is huge, it has the audience not only across India but overseas”.
Raima is one of those actresses who managed to get the best of both worlds — regional cinema and Bollywood. Being the granddaughter of iconic star of Bengali cinema Suchitra Sen, Raima chose unconventional films to start her career with.
In 1999, Raima started her career as an actress with Shabana Azmi starrer Hindi film “Godmother”. She went on to do films like “Parineeta”, “Dus”, “Eklavya: The Royal Guard”, “Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd.”, “Children of War” among many others.
In between, she acted in some of the celebrated Bengali films like “Chokher Bali”, “The Bong Connection”, “Anuranan”, “Khela”, “The Japanese Wife”, “Memories in March”, “Noukadubi Maach Mishti & More” to name a few.
