Having featured in two films of contrasting genres, released on the same date, Tollywood diva Rituparna Sengupta says the present day audience now has got the appetite of films on myriad subjects.
"As the audience is now flocking to theatres yet again, instead of waiting for the tv premier days later, quality arthouse films on all subjects as well as polished entertainers do have more chances to sustain," Rituparna told PTI after the audience show of Taaan, which brought to life the grim reality of flesh trade in the interiors of world's largest mangrove forest.
"From the gritty, realistic portrayal of a rural, illieterate woman, lost in the dark alleys of life in Taaan and feels vulnerable inside in the man-dictated world but still keeps an exterior of strong womanhood, to the breezy comic situations in Biye Not Out which attempts a good-natured spoof on the very institution of marriage and me a suave, urban woman, happy that I am being given variegated roles, including the ongoing Extraordi-Nari where again I essay a protagonist at this phase," Rituparna said.
Different genres are coming together and happy that I get to portray many at last, she said.
About the audience reaction to Sundori, the sexworker eking out her livelihood from boats in Sunderban creeks and waterbodies, Rituparna said, "She is real though we can't meet such characters frequently and she is one example of women subjected to abuses in this society - from the woman in Padma Nadir Majhi to Sundori."
Pointing out there had been strong reactions to the 'exposure of skin' in Taaan, director Mukul Roy Choudhury said, "Being a documentation of the place and its people, the subject demanded the content. And none but Ritu could have brought to life this role."
"People are comparing this film to Padma Nadir Majhi and Titas Ekti Nadir Naam as the third flick based on lives surrounding rivers of Bangladesh," he said.
