Nandana Sen: Too hot to handle

Nandana Sen who has been in the news for the movie Rang Rasiya, has received hate mails for a nude scene in the movie.

The actress feels that nudity symbolises woman power. "Nudity can be depicted in two ways - when you present a women's body as an object then it's demeaning to a women. The way a woman's body has been presented in this film, celebrates the power of women," said Nandana.

The actress, who had previously done a backless scene in Tango Charlie said, "If a Kate Winslet does a nude scene, it's okay there. But if it happens in India we create an uproar. What's wrong in depicting nudity in a dignified way."

She plays the muse of painter Raja Ravi Varma in the movie, which also stars Randeep Hooda.

The film is about the relationship between a painter and his muse, whom he portrays as a Goddess in his paintings.

The movie directed by Ketan Mehta has received great response at the 17th Kolkata Film festival. "I am simply overwhelmed at the response that the audience of Kolkata has given to my film. The audience was fantastic. People from every walk of life came to the film festival to watch the movie. Several people even watched the whole movie standing as they couldn't manage to get a seat," said Nandana.

The 44-year-old Bengali beauty was born to Nobel Laureate and Bharat Ratna economist Amartya Sen and Padma Shri winner Nabanita Dev Sen, in Kolkata.

Nandana is an Harvard alumni herself.

Nandana was noticed for her role as Rani Mukherjee's sister in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Black.

Rang Rasiya has been ready for release since 2008 and is likely to hit the theatres in November end.