"I am fed up of doing serious roles" - Raima Sen
We
have
heard
that
you
are
playing
a
dietitian
in
this
film?
Yes,
actually
when
I
first
heard
about
this
I
too
got
surprised.
Everyone
knows
that
I
am
a
complete
foodie
and
so
when
the
director
narrated
me
the
role,
I
thought
he
was
fooling
around
with
me
as
I
cannot
identify
myself
with
this
role.
I
remember
that
my
director
used
to
tease
me
saying
that
if
Tusshar
eats
up
my
burger
then
I
should
get
angry
and
when
I
asked
him
why
he
said
that
since
I
was
a
dietitian,
he
always
ignored
me.
It
was
only
later
that
I
realized
that
how
bad
it
is
to
be
a
dietitian.
What
made
you
accept
this
film?
The
main
reason
I
chose
it
as
it
was
a
commercial
film.
And
along
with
that
being
a
comedy
added
a
flavour.
It
was
very
exciting
and
great
to
work
with
a
talented
actor
like
Tusshar
Kapoor
and
also
under
the
Balaji
banner.
I
have
a
song
in
this
film
and
few
beautifully
crafted
scenes
which
attracted
me
the
most.
I
am
fed
up
of
doing
serious
roles
and
I
was
looking
for
something
in
which
I
could
play
my
age.
And
this
film
proved
to
be
good
for
me.
Was
this
the
only
real
reason?
May
be
no.
I
mean
to
say
that
I
am
not
bored
of
doing
serious
roles
but
people
have
set
one
thing
in
their
mind
that
Raima
can
do
only
one
type
of
role.
So
I
want
to
change
the
view
of
the
audiences.
Didn't
you
fear
before
signing
a
Balaji
project
where
Tusshar
was
sure
to
get
the
maximum
footage?
At
first
I
felt
so.
But
later
I
and
all
the
other
actors
realized
that
along
with
Tusshar
the
film
is
for
all.
How
much
profitable
it
is
for
an
actress
to
work
in
a
commercial
film
is
difficult
to
say
but
one
thing
is
for
sure
that
everyone
is
gonna
like
this
film.
How
was
the
experience
of
doing
a
full-fledged
role
of
a
bossy
girlfriend?
I
have
other
films
also
where
I
play
a
major
role.
I
am
playing
an
important
role
in
Madhurita
Anand's
film
Mere
Khwabo
Mein
Jo
Aye
with
Arbaz
Khan
and
Randeep
Hooda.
I
play
the
lead
in
Aparna
Sen's
Japani
Wife.
My
character
in
Ruchi
Narayan's
film
is
similar
to
the
one
I
played
in
Honeymoon
Travels
Pvt.
Ltd.
Apart
from
these
films,
you
are
also
working
in
Rituparna
Ghosh"s
Sunglass
and
Oriya
director
Manmohan
Mahapatra...
Yes,
I
have
a
small
role
in
Sunglass.
I
don't
remember
the
name
of
the
film
which
I
am
doing
with
Manmohan
Mahapatra.
Rahul
Bose,
Diya
Mirza
and
Nandita
Das
are
also
with
me
in
that
film.
This
film
got
complete
long
ago.
Rahul
plays
a
writer
and
I
play
the
role
of
a
journalist.
You
have
worked
with
Zoya,
Aparna
Sen,
Meera
Nair,
Madhirita
Anand
and
Ruchi
Narayan.
You
are
the
first
Bollywood
actress
to
have
worked
with
so
many
lady
directors.
What
have
been
your
experience
working
with
these
talented
women?
To
be
true,
I
did
not
found
any
difference
working
with
female
directors.
As
we
are
talking
about
them
I
would
say
that
female
directors
are
more
supportive.
Aparna
Sen
proved
more
like
a
mother
than
a
director
to
me.
How
was
Tusshar
as
your
co
star
in
C
Kkompany?
He
is
very
determined
and
down
to
earth
person.
This
film
is
from
his
production
so
first
of
all
he
comforted
me
a
lot.
He
used
to
come
in
my
vanity
van
to
rehearse
the
scenes
with
me.
He
is
a
perfectionist
and
is
always
well
prepared
before
coming
on
the
sets.
You
are
appearing
in
a
glamorous
role
for
the
first
time
in
this
film.
Any
tips
you
got
from
your
sister
Riya?
No,
but
when
she
saw
me
for
the
first
time
in
glamorous
get
up,
she
said,
"My
God
for
the
first
time
in
my
life
I
am
finding
you
so
beautiful".
How
did
you
prepare
yourself
for
the
role
of
a
dietitian?
I
don't
think
I
needed
any
preparation
for
this
role.
My
director
Sachin
Yardi
only
told
me
to
watch
my
movements
and
make
it
little
faster.
Express
everything
properly.
Most
of
the
time
I
thought
that
whether
I
am
looking
like
a
fool
or
what,
but
Sachin
asked
to
express
everything
with
stress
in
the
dialogue
and
acting.
Is
it
true
that
now-a-days
you
are
looking
for
only
lead
roles?
Yes,
in
future
you
will
see
me
in
more
lead
and
solo
roles.
I
think
now
it
is
time
for
me
to
do
something
for
myself
in
order
to
establish
myself
in
this
industry.
When
and
how
did
you
take
this
decision?
Many
people
say
that
I
have
not
planned
my
career
properly
by
playing
second
lead.
My
well
wishers
want
me
to
do
films
with
lead
role.
Actually
when
you
are
in
a
second
lead
neither
your
work
nor
you
are
being
given
any
due
importance.
Where
in
one
hand
you
are
working
with
first
time
directors
like
Zoya
Akthar
and
Sachin
Yardi
and
on
the
other
you
are
working
with
directors
like
Aparna
Sen,
Rituparna
Ghosh
and
Manmohan
Mahapatra
who
are
well
experienced.
What
differences
you
see
in
them?
I
think
I
am
lucky
enough
to
have
worked
with
some
big
directors
in
Kolkata.
But
I
have
to
make
my
name
in
commercial
film
also.
There
is
no
difference
between
the
two
groups.
One
has
the
experience
and
the
other
has
ideas.
You
are
doing
a
film
with
Riya.
Tell
us
something
about
that...
Yes
we
have
signed
a
film
with
Rituparna
Ghosh,
the
shooting
of
which
is
scheduled
to
start
in
September.
This
is
a
periodic
film
and
is
a
remake
of
Rabindra
Nath
Tagore's
story
Noku
Dobi.
One
thing
interesting
about
the
film
is
that
we
are
not
playing
sisters
in
this
film.
It
is
a
Bengali
film
and
it
is
to
be
shot
mostly
in
Kolkata.
I
am
happy
that
I
have
got
a
lead
role
in
Rituparna
Ghosh's
film.
Apart
from
this
I
have
signed
one
more
Bengali
film
with
Rituparna
titled
Jhindher
Bondhu,
where
I
am
opposite
Prasenjit.
Tell
us
something
about
the
characters
you
portray
in
your
future
projects...
I
am
playing
a
mother
of
an
eight
year
old
boy
in
Aparna
Sen's
film
Japani
Wife,
who
is
a
widow.
Then
in
Mere
Khwabo
Mein
Jo
Aye
I
am
playing
a
mother
to
a
nine
year
old
kid.
It
was
a
nice
experience
for
me
to
play
a
mother
on
the
silver
screen
because
I
just
love
children
a
lot.
Aparna
is
a
task
master
and
she
did
a
15
days
work
shop
with
me
for
her
film.
In
this
workshop
she
made
me
work
in
Konkona's
Mumbai's
house
where
I
was
asked
to
wash
clothes,
clean
the
house
and
do
other
kind
of
house
hold
works.