Kaushik Ganguly is my mentor: Raima Sen

Calling Kaushik Ganguly her mentor, actor Raima Sen says the IFFI-award winning Bengali director is "the best among the present lot".
"I had been part of Kaushikda's four films. He has been my guide. He is my mentor and he is the best," Raima told PTI on the eve of the release of Bastushaap, Kaushik's last film after IFFI-Unesco Felini award winning 'Cinemawala'.
The 36-year-old actor, whose Hindi movie "Bollywood Diaries" is awaiting release next month, said she was happy to do back-to-back Bengali films with directors like Ganguly.
Raima, had been part of Kaushik's "Arekti Premer" "Galpo", "Shabd"', "C/O Sir" and now "Bastushaap", all having been critically praised.

"In 'Bastushaap' I share screen with Churni Ganguly (Kaushik's wife), who plays my sister-in-law in the film, and the film seeks to portray how much isolated we all are living in our very own worlds under the same roof. I had also been part of Churnidi-directed 'Nirbasito' (inspired by Taslima Nasreen's life, so my association with the Ganguly-duo runs deep within. I feel at ease with them," the "Parineeta" actor said.
About her commoner roles in all recent Bengali films,

Raima said, "In personal life I am as much de-glamorized as in those characters. And it is again the prerogative of directors (here and Hindi) to give me different shades of role."

Director of the film Ganguly feels Raima had the talent to to transform herself into the given character as soon as the camera rolled.
"Raima had the uncanny knack to transform herself as the camera rolled though the moment before she would make faces at the co-actors. I had the great opportunity to have three finest young actors Raima, Abir and Param together in one frame.