Wish to portray Kadombori Devi in film: Rituparna

Kadombori Devi, the younger sister-in-law of Rabindranath Tagore, remained one of her dream roles she would love to come her way in a feature film one day, 'Mukti' protagonist Rituparna Sengupta says.

"Yes I was in a state of trance. Who would not be. Putting up all those costumes and robes of 19th century Thakurbari Mohila," (women in Tagore household - the post-renaissance gentry), Rituparna told PTI after the premier of the film here.

She was referring to a dream sequence in the film where the lead character turns into the Bard's 'Chhoto Bouthan' and sways on a swing.

"My dream role is a full-scale portrayal of Kadombori Debi in a feature film She is one of the most intriguing personalities in those times," Rituparna, whose portrayal of a dancer working with prison inmates earned accolades in Muktodhara, said.
 

"The first time I read about her I was fascinated. And it went on as I kept reading about this lady again," she said.

The 'Paromitar Ekdin' actor described her character as having got freedom from her own dependent self on husband and student-lover, being spurned by both at some points of time, and termed 'Mukti' as very much today's film.

Mrinal Sen's 'Discovery', actor Sreela Majumder described director Reshmi Mitra as a sensitive portrayer of a woman's quest for identity which she finds at last.