Kolkata:
Kahaani sensation Vidya Balan saidshe is happy that her love affair with Kolkata continues sinceshe first starred in Bhalo Theko, her first Bengali film.Half the reason she agreed to act in Kahaani was becausethe backdrop of the film was Kolkata, her "favourite city",Vidya said.
"I was teling Sujoy (director Sujoy Ghosh) the otherday that half the reason I did this movie was it had thebackdrop of my favourite city and the characters looked sofamiliar," Vidya said.
The actress was talking to reporters after beingconferred the "Prabha Khaitan Purashkar 2012" by CalcuttaChamber of Commerce recently.
"Right from my first feature film Bhalo Theko, toPradip Sarkar's Parineeta and even the character ofManjalika in Bhool Bhulaiya - all these characters gave me somuch that I feel at times I am a Bengali," she gushed.
She went on to say that whenever she stepped out ofthe airport, she felt a strange feeling as if she had allalong lived here.
"It appears so familiar to me and I always look forwardto meeting some of my old-time Kolkata friends over and overagain."
"My family in fact says this loyalty to Kolkata hasprobably something to do with past life. I do not know that,but maybe because I keep coming here and my love of Bengalilanguage," Vidya said.
Continuing with her ode to Kolkata, she said in factthe very second film in her career was Goutam Halder's Bengalifilm Bhalo Theko.
She also professed her admiration for Satyajit Rayand regards Rituparno Ghosh's films highly.
"I count Rituda as one of my most favourite Bengalidirector," she said.
Asked about any other Bengali project after BhaloTheko, she said she had not got any offer recently.
She is next starring in Raj Kumar Gupta's Ghanchakkaropposite Emraan Hashmi.
"I was teling Sujoy (director Sujoy Ghosh) the otherday that half the reason I did this movie was it had thebackdrop of my favourite city and the characters looked sofamiliar," Vidya said.
The actress was talking to reporters after beingconferred the "Prabha Khaitan Purashkar 2012" by CalcuttaChamber of Commerce recently.
"Right from my first feature film Bhalo Theko, toPradip Sarkar's Parineeta and even the character ofManjalika in Bhool Bhulaiya - all these characters gave me somuch that I feel at times I am a Bengali," she gushed.
She went on to say that whenever she stepped out ofthe airport, she felt a strange feeling as if she had allalong lived here.
"It appears so familiar to me and I always look forwardto meeting some of my old-time Kolkata friends over and overagain."
"My family in fact says this loyalty to Kolkata hasprobably something to do with past life. I do not know that,but maybe because I keep coming here and my love of Bengalilanguage," Vidya said.
Continuing with her ode to Kolkata, she said in factthe very second film in her career was Goutam Halder's Bengalifilm Bhalo Theko.
She also professed her admiration for Satyajit Rayand regards Rituparno Ghosh's films highly.
"I count Rituda as one of my most favourite Bengalidirector," she said.
Asked about any other Bengali project after BhaloTheko, she said she had not got any offer recently.
She is next starring in Raj Kumar Gupta's Ghanchakkaropposite Emraan Hashmi.
