Actor Pankaj Tripathi, who play the role of a laundry man in Abhiroop Basu's Laali, says it took him just a moment to say yes to the short film.
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oi-Swikriti Srivastava
By Pti
Actor
Pankaj
Tripathi,
who
plays
the
role
of
a
laundry
man
in
Abhiroop
Basu's
Laali,
says
it
took
him
just
a
moment
to
say
yes
to
the
short
film.
The
42-year-old
actor
features
as
the
lead
in
the
Kolkata-shot
film.
"Laali
is
a
beautiful
and
experimental
film
entirely
shot
in
Kolkata.
I
shot
for
the
first
time
in
Kolkata.
The
producers
of
the
film
Sireesha
Kadiyala,
Madhu
Singhee
and
Sushila
Jain
are
group
of
three
young
ambitious
women
who
approached
me
for
this
film
and
narrated
me
the
story
at
the
Mumbai
Airport
in
a
span
of
45
minutes
and
I
agreed
to
play
the
part
in
Laali
instantly," Tripathi
said
in
a
statement.
The
Mirzapur
star
said
the
film
initially
had
a
run
time
of
20
minutes
but
got
stretched
to
over
40
minutes
and
he
believes
it
turned
out
to
be
beautiful.
"When
we
started
shooting
for
the
film
initially
it
was
meant
to
be
for
20
minutes
but
at
the
time
Basu
wanted
to
retain
some
of
the
scenes
instead
of
editing
them
out.
Now,
this
film
is
40
minutes
long
instead
of
20
minutes
and
its
looking
beautiful,"
he
added.
The
makers
of
the
short
recently
released
the
film's
poster,
which
Tripathi
revealed,
has
been
hand-painted.
"The
makers
decided
to
have
a
hand-painted
poster
as
the
first
look
of
the
film
'Laali'.
A
Kolkata-based
painter
was
roped
in
to
draw
the
poster.
The
poster
reflects
the
rich
art
and
culture
of
Bengal
with
a
dash
of
mystery,"
the
actor
said.