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 Raima Sen is happy that at last she has been able to come up with a
film in which she is the solo heroine. "I am glad I got an opportunity
to act in Mere Khwabon Mein Jo Aaye because it is for the first time
that I have played the solo leading lady in a film. I was the only
leading lady of C Kkompany but then frankly speaking I do not think I
had anything tangible to do as an actress in that film"
Mere Khwabon Mein Jo Aaye is not a sleazy movie revolving around a
frustrated house-wife. It is a movie about dreams. When the offer came
to me, I grabbed it because it has been culled from the real life of
Madhureeta Anand who has directed the movie and I was confident that a
woman director would not make it sleazy", she states as a matter of
fact when I ask her whether she had second thought about taking up a
film like Mere Khwabon Mein Jo Aaye.
"I had absolutely no reservation about playing the role of a married
woman with a child", she replies. And adds, "Playing the role of Maya
was a difficult journey for me, though at the same time I'd confess
that the part was not difficult for me because I have already played
the widowed mother of a eight year old in Aparna Sen's film Japanese
Wife. You do not get to play roles like that of Maya who fantasizes
about her dream Man".
Contrary to the general notion that her role in Mere Khwabon Mein Jo
Aaye has negative shades or connotations to it, Raima asserts that it
is not a negative role at all. "Maya does not cheat on her husband,
because it is her alter ego which figures in her fantasies with Jai,
played by Randeep Hooda, who appears in her dreams. It is strange but
true that women can accept a husband who is having an affair but do not
take kindly to a woman who is having an affair, with a person who is
not her husband".
Raima does not hesitate to admit that she was quite disappointed when C
Company, in which Tushhar Kapoor as her leading man tanked at the box
office. "I have no regrets at all because I feel that you learn from
every mistake that you commit in life and it is only human to think
that at that point of time you think that it was the best".
Playing the role of Maya was not a cake walk for Raima as an actress.
"It was real hard work. I do not think I have struggled as hard as I
did for this film for any other character of mine till date. Though I
did not necessarily have to do any home work to get into the skin of
the character, I did learn a lot from Madhureeta about how a woman who
is thrown in a similar situation would react, since she has gone
through half the scenes in the film in her real life".
To get into the skin of character of the frustrated housewife who is
not able to realize her dream of becoming a singer, Raima says that she
had to learn how to play the harmonium in the film. "I did not bother
to train in music because in any case, I am a very bad singer, even
when I sing in the bathroom".
Raima feels that every woman will be able to relate with her character
in the film because every woman has a fantasy man in her life and hence
when she watches the film, she will be able to identify with the
character of Maya that she is playing in the film."You just cannot hide
against a mask and say that it is something which is unacceptable in
society today", Raima adds as a matter of fact.
Among the films which she has up her sleeves now are Teen Patti
directed by Leena with R. Madhavan as her leading man, Mirchi directed
by Vinay Shukla with Shahana Goswami, Konkona Sen Sharma etc , Japanese
Wife directed by Aparna Sen and Nauka Doobi directed by Rituparno Ghosh
in which she is acting with her sister Riya for the first time, and
also his Sunglass in which hers is a baby guest appearance since the
film belongs out and out to Konkana.
Though she does not fantasize about her Man in real life like Maya in
Mere Khwabon Mein Jo Aaye, she confesses that her dream is to have a
Man in her life who is a lot like her father. "My father gave my mum a
lot of space and allowed her to be liberated and free spirited and
encouraged her to work even after marriage. My father has a terrific
sense of humor. I have inherited my sense of humor from my father. I
also look for a man with a sense of humor and loyalty. In real life, I
do not at all fantasize about a dream man, because I only dream about
my ideal man. I often dream about a man coming towards me in a white
horse, who is in search of me".
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