Konkona taught me quiz game on net during shoots : Indraneil

Turning up in an all important non-sleuth character in 'Sajarur Kanta', actor Indraneil Sengupta has one regret - not getting to do a popular typical sleuth character as Feluda.
"I had told Sandip Ray when he was scouting for the new Feluda (after Royal Bengal Rahasya) that I am waiting to fit in the shoes But he went ahead casting a fellow actor in the role. Well no issue," the 'Autograph' actor said.
Indraneil, who feels Dibakar Banerjee's Bomkesh will not be compared with Sajarur Kanta catering to different sensibilities of Hindi film audiences, however, feels it is a matter of pride that Bengali literary works are adapted for popular films.

"I have every respect for Sushant Singh Rajput, a friend colleague and any Dibakar Banerjee film has to be a great experience. From 'Sajarur Kanta', reflecting the essential Bengli traits which they can identify to Dibakr's Bomkesh, Bengali viewers will be spoilt for choice," he said.
The Kahaani actor, having shared screen space with a number of female leads from Vidya Balan to Paoli Dam and Koel Mallick, would remember how he was taught the quiz cross game on internet by Konkona Sen Sharma, the on-screen Dipa, a theatre actor and an important cog in the love triangle in 'Sajarur Kanta'.

"When we had nothing to do between shots we used to play quiz cross on net and that was taught by Konkona. We hope to carry on the practice if directors cast us two in another film," he quipped.

Pointing out the differences between Sajarur Kanta and other recent Bomkesh films in Bengali, Indraneil said "First the pace is more leisurely built with lots of attention to details, Second unlike other Bomkesh films the director has contemporised the contents for the 2013-14 phase and Third we have a veteran sleuth essayed by a seasoned powerhorse like Dhritiman Chatterjee and his elderly assistant Ajit. This is unlike other flicks where we always see a much younger detective-assistant duo including Dibakar's."

"What I sense is this Bomkesh is more akin to Chiriakhana by Satyajit Ray which was a classically elegant film. But I am not equating our Bomkesh with others," he said.
Sajaruru Kanta, produced by Macneill Media Pvt Ltd, also casts Ray's favourite actor Pradip Mukherjee as the fictional sleuth icon Ajit.