Rituparna To Play Delhi Rape Victim’s Mother

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Bengali actress features ina mother-daughter relationshipsaga based on the aftermath ofthe Delhi gang rape caseThe nationwide protests and ralliesthat followed the Delhi rapecase now finds its way on to thebig screen too. Bengali filmmakerAgnidev Chatterjee has begunwork on a political thriller withactress Rituparna Sengupta.
Though the film is being madein Bengali, efforts are on torelease it with subtitles all overthe country, in a bid to makewomen aware of their rights.Rituparna is a well-known andaward-winning Bengali filmactress. She has not been aslucky though in her B-Townoutings though and is bestremembered in ChandanArora’s Main, Meri Patni AurWoh and in MadhurBhandarkar’s Dil Toh BacchaHai Ji.
Says a source, `The filmhas just gone on the floors inKolkata. It begins in the aftermathof the Nirbhaya casewhen people took to the streetsall across India. The makersdon’t want to cash in on thetragedy but are keen to sensitisepeople through their film – thereason they are also looking atdubbed versions in other languagestoo for a wider reach.