Konkona
Sen
Sharma
has
had
an
impressive
thirty
films
that
she
has
done
to
her
credit.
She
has
been
felicitated
with
over
ten
awards
which
even
includes
the
prestigious
National
Award.
Her
latest
tryst
with
films
is
with
Vinay
Shukla's
latest
venture,
Mirch.
The
film
is
all
set
to
release
on
the
10th
of
December
next
week.
The
film
has
an
impressive
cast
of
Shreyas
Talpade,
Shahana
Goswami,
Boman
Irani,
Konkana
Sen
Sharma,
Arunoday
Singh
and
even
Prem
Chopra
amongst
others.
The
film
revolves
around
four
separate
stories
that
are
interlinked
to
each
other,
at
a
deeper
level
the
film
is
about
gender
equality
in
relationships.
In
this
succinct
interview,
we
gets
in
conversation
with
Konkana
Sen
Sharma
on
her
latest
film,
married
life,
adultery
and
her
mom
Aparna
Sen.
How's
married
life?
Well
honestly
it
doesn't
feel
very
different
because
my
husband
and
I
were
living
together
for
3
years
before
we
got
married,
so
in
that
sense
it's
not
very
different.
It's
still
early
days
though
(laughs)
you
can
ask
me
after
a
few
years.
What
motivated
you
in
taking
up
the
film
Mirch?
I
liked
the
script
of
the
film,
I've
known
Vinay
Shukla
the
director
quite
well,
and
he
had
directed
this
film
called
Godmother
which
I
liked.
Mirch
is
about
a
young
couple
Arunoday
Singh
and
Shahana
Goswami...
both
of
them
have
done
a
very
good
job.
Arunoday
plays
a
struggling
filmmaker
who
is
trying
to
sell
a
few
ideas
to
a
film
producer,
but
the
producer
is
only
interested
in
something
saucy
and
sexy.
The
stories
in
the
film
spread
across
time
which
is
thematically
linked.
It
all
deals
with
women's
sexuality
which
is
done
in
a
very
funny
and
a
light
hearted
way;
it's
not
a
serious
discourse
on
femininity
or
sexuality.
Vinay
comes
up
with
these
four
stories
which
we
take
part
in.
I'm
in
two
of
those
stories
and
Raima
is
in
2
of
the
other
stories
as
well.
So
what
was
your
character
like
in
the
film?
Like
I
said
the
stories
in
the
film
spreads
across
time,
in
one
on
of
those
stories
I
actually
play
a
Rajasthani
Queen
in
the
17th
or
the
18th
century
who
is
married
to
a
much
older
king.
She
is
much
younger
and
she
is
not
satisfied
sexually
at
all,
and
she
is
interested
in
a
man
her
age
where
she
sets
out
to
seduce
him,
keeping
in
mind
the
frame
work
and
the
context.
Obviously
she
can't
send
him
a
dirty
message;
it's
very
witty
and
ingenious
about
the
way
they
come
up
with
it
to
actually
have
an
affair.
So
its
very
tongue
in
cheek
and
it's
funny.
What
was
it
like
to
work
with
director
Vinay
Shukla
and
the
Production
team?
It
was
great
working
with
them;
we
shot
the
film
in
Rajasthan
and
some
of
it
in
Bombay
because
they're
two
different
stories.
The
other
story
that
has
a
contemporary
setting
was
shot
in
Bombay.
Like
I
said
I've
seen
Vinay
Shukla's
work
and
I
like
him
very
much
and
we
got
along
very
well,
so
for
us
actually
it
was
quite
easy
to
work
together.
I
enjoyed
myself.
What's
your
take
on
adultery?
Well
I
don't
think
it's
nice
to
betray
somebody
you
love;
I
don't
think
that's
a
nice
thing
or
the
right
thing
to
do.
If
you
love
somebody
you
wouldn't
want
to
betray
them,
having
said
that
there
are
a
lot
of
circumstances.
I
think
monogamy
is
difficult
to
demand.
I
don't
have
a
discourse
on
adultery.
Some
of
the
characters
in
the
film
appear
to
be
monogamous
going
by
the
promos;
do
you
think
women
are
such
in
reality?
No
I
don't
think
that
human
beings
are
monogamous
by
nature,
I
think
that
they
can
be
attracted
to
more
than
one
person
the
same
time.
However
I
think
that
people
do
have
to
honor
their
commitments,
because
that's
the
right
thing
to
do.
I
don't
think
that
women
are
more
promiscuous
or
men
are
more
promiscuous.
I
think
that
promiscuity
is
something
that
everybody
comes
across
their
lives
and
some
people
can
give
into
it
and
some
don't.
How
was
it
working
with
the
likes
of
Ila
Arun
and
others?
Oh
it
was
wonderful
working
with
her,
I
like
her
very
much,
she's
very
funny
and
has
excellent
taste,
she
sings
very
well.
In
fact
we
kept
each
other
company
during
shoot.
It
was
great
fun
working
with
even
Arunoday.
Unfortunately
I
didn't
get
to
interact
with
Shahana
Goswami
and
Raima
Sen
or
even
Shreyas
Talpade,
but
they're
all
excellent
actors
it
was
an
amazing
cast.
I
did
get
to
act
with
Boman
Irani
and
I
was
very
thrilled
since
I
am
a
big
fan
of
his.
Was
playing
the
role
of
a
Rajasthani
Queen
challenging
for
you?
I
think
what
used
to
get
me
very
nervous
every
time
was
that
I
had
to
wear
a
lot
of
real
jewelry.
Since
I
was
playing
a
Rajasthani
Queen,
we
got
real
jewelry
from
Amrapali
and
I
was
wearing
it
all
the
time.
I
had
bodyguards
around
me
all
the
time
because
I
was
just
wearing
lakhs
and
lakhs
worth
of
jewelry.
That
made
me
very
nervous.
What's
your
outlook
on
the
music
of
the
film?
Oh
the
music
is
great!
I
heard
it
recently
and
I
loved
the
music
and
I
hope
the
people
will
like
it
as
well.
Since
you
haven't
done
a
role
like
this
before,
was
it
difficult
to
get
into
the
skin
of
the
actor?
I
didn't
have
to
do
anything
crazy
to
get
into
the
skin
of
the
character,
I
read
the
part
and
I
talked
to
the
director
and
I
thankfully
managed
to
do
it.
Does
your
mom
Aparna
help
you
to
prepare
for
a
role
before
you
start
any
film?
Not
usually
but,
unless
I
ask
her
for
help.
Definitely
for
her
own
film
and
sometimes
I
ask
her
for
a
particular
film
which
I
find
difficult.
If
I
need
her
advice
then
of
course
I
take
her
help
otherwise
I
won't.
And
finally,
any
projects
lined
up
for
the
near
future?
The
future
is
vast,
well
in
the
near
future
at
the
end
of
this
year
there's
a
film
called
Iti
Mrinalini
that
Aparna
Sen
has
directed
so
that
should
release,
I'm
looking
forward
to
that.