Rituparna as fashion choreographer on celluloid

In a different take on the fashion world and women's issues, Tollywood diva Rituparna Sengupta now turns up as a mentor for exploited pavement girls, rescued from traffickers, making it big in fashion circuit.
Rituparna, who essays the role of a a model choreographer in the flick 'Extraordinaari', says "I haven't come across such a character in my career and also in any other films.
"When Sunanda (Sunando) narrated the script, I was really floored by the concept of the glamour world becoming truely inclusive and representative," Rituparna, having turned as the showstopper in celebrated fashion designer Agnimitra Paul's show with differently abled children few months back, said.

"As the title suggests, Extraordinaari talks about destitute, trafficked girls who are brought back to the mainstream of life and instead of conventional jobs, get a break into the fashion world and carve their own space," director Sunanda, having made Idiot Box and Ogo Bodhu Sundori, said.
While the film has references of Kamatipuram slum, casting couch, as well as the physical abuse, taunts regularly experienced by the girl on street, it is centred on the God-gifted-ability of any woman, be she a village belle or a socialite, to learn the ropes in an unchartered territory, the young Mumbai-based director said.

"Ritudi is a celebrated model groomer in this film who can connect with these girls, shield them, mentor them, It is a never before character in a film. There are touching moments and I had drawn the character from my experiences with people in modeling industry," Sunanda, who has also composed lyrics for the Bengali diaspora album Panchforan by UK-based band Liquid, said.
Actor Shahbaz Khan turns up in an important role in this film, as a politician.
"I think Sunando is a multi-talented person who is equally adept in penning lyrics. From cutting albums sititng in a faraway place using commonphrase terms to highlight our Bengaliness to directing films having the smell and feel of Bengal," Rituparna said about Sunanda, the lyricist in Panchforon and frontman of Mumbai band Liquid.