After
Race,
Bipasha
Basu
plays
another
dark
and
glamorous
on-the-edge
character
in
Sanjay
Gupta's
Pankh
directed
by
Sudipto
Chattopadhyay
only
the
character
is
an
imaginary
one.
Talking
about
it
Sudipto
says,
"Bipasha
plays
a
woman
who
is
constantly
trying
to
provoke
the
20-year-old
Jerry
(the
protagonist)
played
by
Maradona
Rebello.
Bipasha
agreed
to
do
the
role
after
just
a
one-line
narration.
She's
Jerry's
alter-ego
and
fantasy
who
only
exists
in
his
mind.
He
always
imagines
her
to
be
a
diva.
Actually
she's
an
actress
but
we
don't
show
her
except
in
a
poster."
Sudipto
continues,
"In
the
song
Jiya
Jala
Na,
she
seduces
him.
She
creates
the
confusion
in
his
mind
about
his
real
identity
whether
he's
a
boy
or
girl,
a
man
or
eunuch
because
he
used
to
be
a
famous
child
artiste
cross-dressed
by
his
mother
as
a
girl.
He
continues,
"Bipasha
completely
undoes
Jerry
which
leads
to
the
final
catastrophe.
She
pushes
him
to
fly
and
that's
why
the
film
is
called
Wings
or
Pankh.
He
flies
away
from
the
reality
of
sordid
existence." Bips
has
a
different
look
in
every
scene.
There's
no
consistent
look
for
her.
There's
a
constant
disturbance
in
Jerry's
mind.
His
only
relief
is
when
he
sexually
fantasises
about
Bips.
He
wants
to
make
love
to
her."
The
director
says
he
has
styled
Bipasha's
diva
look
in
the
song,
"But
the
idea
was
executed
by
Rocky
S
and
Gavin
Miguel.
It's
a
very
seductive
song
sung
by
Sunidhi
Chauhan.
I
wanted
her
to
look
like
two
divas
Sophia
Loren
and
Liza
Minelli
from
Cabaret.
Bipasha
even
cut
her
hair
for
the
song,
she
didn't
want
to
wear
a
wig
as
it
doesn't
fit
proportionately."
Sudipto
says
she
had
to
prepare
for
the
role.
"We
had
lengthy
discussions
and
spoke
about
each
scene.
She
understood
the
character
and
gave
it
a
face.
While
enacting
any
scene
with
the
other
actors
present
Bipasha
never
made
herself
visible
except
for
Jerry.
She
never
ever
looked
at
anybody
else
but
behaved
as
if
she
was
invisible.
She
did
a
brilliant
job."
Story first published: Monday, September 22, 2008, 11:35 [IST]