Bengali actor Ritabhari Chakraborty says she will’t “play dumb” to get work within the trade, an recommendation she was given early in her profession.
Chakraborty has featured in well-liked Bengali movies like Raj Chakraborty’s Shesh Theke Shuru, Chotushkone directed by Srijit Mukherji and Anushka Sharma starrer Pari, which was her Hindi characteristic debut in 2018.
In an interview with PTI, the 28-year-old actor mentioned she has been advised usually that folks within the trade assume she is “extremely intimidating.”
“I used to be advised as soon as, ‘for a while just try playing dumb because that really works.’ I used to be given instance of different actors, who acquired tasks as a result of the heroes or producers aren’t intimidated by their presence. But I felt, I’m an informed individual why ought to I not have a voice and be speaking?
“I do commercial movies but I don’t understand that language. So I leave that to the director. But if it’s a subject I have an understanding of, I’d like to contribute, though I never override anyone. It’s always the people’s call.”
Chakraborty was talking on the sidelines of the 51st International Film Festival of India (IFFI), the place her movie Brahma Janen Gopon Kommoti was screened.
The actor mentioned the constant good work she has been receiving, since her TV debut with Ogo Bodhu Sundari greater than a decade in the past, is an affidavit to the viewers’s love and help.
“Which is why I’m still surviving and get to do films like Brahma Janen Gopon Kommoti. I am sure I’ll be fine the way I am in this masculine, male dominated industry,” she added.
Directed by Aritra Mukherjee and written by Zinia Sen, the movie follows the story of a priest’s daughter who secretly needs to carry out rituals.
Chakraborty mentioned the movie’s topic offers with discrimination ladies face all over the place.
This remedy, the actor mentioned, additionally trickles all the way down to the movie trade.
“I’ve confronted tons of discrimination. I’m nonetheless navigating these… Though there’s a lot content material revolving round ladies and needs to be mentioned in a female voice, it’s not mentioned rightly as a result of we’d not get satellite tv for pc proper, not get the precise promote for the channel.
“The biggest discrimination we face is that male content is sought after while female content is not. There’s also the money discrimination part,” she added.
