Rupa Ganguly bagged the national award for her song in the film, Abosheshe
Kolkata:
Though she bagged the nationalaward for her song in the critically acclaimed filmAbosheshe, Rupa Ganguly, known to millions as Draupadi fromthe serial Mahabharat, does not want to branch out intosinging.
Recording her song for a film after long 12 years, Rupasaid she was more focused on acting than singing and wonderedwhat convinced the national award authorities to pick her up.
"The song seemed to feel good more because of thevisuals, which created the mood, than the quality of mysinging," Rupa told PTI.
The 45-year-old actress said her voice was not in propershape due to back to back shooting and there were far moreworthy contenders for the award.
"There were many other contenders who did a better job inother films, I guess," Rupa said at a meet to promote thefilm, which released today.
The actress said the director and the script-writer wereinsistent that none but she could do the playback part and forher part she was determined not to bite the bullet.
"I felt like telling them, 'have you all turned mad'? Butultimately I had to give in. They were all so insistent," Ruparecalled.
Probably they were inspired by Rituparno Ghosh who, shesaid, made her sing in full throated voice in the filmBariwali where she had played the character of a heroinepresent in a shooting.
She, however, said she could deliver with proper practiseand musical accompaniment as she had brought out a soloRabindrasangeet album in the past.
"It was Rituparno who first made me sing my own numberwithout any musical accompaniment in a film, but he wasalready a known name at that time unlike Aditi, the directorof Abosheshe," she said.
Talking about her role of a mother role in the film, Rupasaid, "I initially was not very sure if a young girl likeAditi can handle such subtle issues on celluloid at the outsetwhen she came to me with the script by Neel Mitra."But ultimately she acquitted herself very well, Rupasaid.
Abosheshey, which had been screened at IFFI Goa,Thiruvananthapuram, Wasghington DC South Asian Film Festivalsand some other festivals, deals with the quest of a son (AnkurKhanna) to discover his mother Suchismita (Rupa) and herroots.
About the songs and Rupa's initial reluctance, Aditisaid, "We had to assure her that in the event of her voicecracking during recording we would make an alternativearrangement. But nothing of that sort happened as you can seefrom the audience response to the three tracks by herincluding Durey Kothaye.
Rupa said she has no qualms to play roles of mothers inBengali films now, since she was also acting as mom in NaHanyate by director Ringo.
About working with Mithun Chakraborty in two films - theunder-production entertainer Buddhuram Dhol and recentlyreleased Nobelchor - Rupa said these were very differentportrayals.
"Mithun is a co-actor I would always love to work with.Even when he is not in proper mood he starts cracking jokes,"she said.
Recording her song for a film after long 12 years, Rupasaid she was more focused on acting than singing and wonderedwhat convinced the national award authorities to pick her up.
"The song seemed to feel good more because of thevisuals, which created the mood, than the quality of mysinging," Rupa told PTI.
The 45-year-old actress said her voice was not in propershape due to back to back shooting and there were far moreworthy contenders for the award.
"There were many other contenders who did a better job inother films, I guess," Rupa said at a meet to promote thefilm, which released today.
The actress said the director and the script-writer wereinsistent that none but she could do the playback part and forher part she was determined not to bite the bullet.
"I felt like telling them, 'have you all turned mad'? Butultimately I had to give in. They were all so insistent," Ruparecalled.
Probably they were inspired by Rituparno Ghosh who, shesaid, made her sing in full throated voice in the filmBariwali where she had played the character of a heroinepresent in a shooting.
She, however, said she could deliver with proper practiseand musical accompaniment as she had brought out a soloRabindrasangeet album in the past.
"It was Rituparno who first made me sing my own numberwithout any musical accompaniment in a film, but he wasalready a known name at that time unlike Aditi, the directorof Abosheshe," she said.
Talking about her role of a mother role in the film, Rupasaid, "I initially was not very sure if a young girl likeAditi can handle such subtle issues on celluloid at the outsetwhen she came to me with the script by Neel Mitra."But ultimately she acquitted herself very well, Rupasaid.
Abosheshey, which had been screened at IFFI Goa,Thiruvananthapuram, Wasghington DC South Asian Film Festivalsand some other festivals, deals with the quest of a son (AnkurKhanna) to discover his mother Suchismita (Rupa) and herroots.
About the songs and Rupa's initial reluctance, Aditisaid, "We had to assure her that in the event of her voicecracking during recording we would make an alternativearrangement. But nothing of that sort happened as you can seefrom the audience response to the three tracks by herincluding Durey Kothaye.
Rupa said she has no qualms to play roles of mothers inBengali films now, since she was also acting as mom in NaHanyate by director Ringo.
About working with Mithun Chakraborty in two films - theunder-production entertainer Buddhuram Dhol and recentlyreleased Nobelchor - Rupa said these were very differentportrayals.
"Mithun is a co-actor I would always love to work with.Even when he is not in proper mood he starts cracking jokes,"she said.
