What Rakhee Is Doing These Days

‘I am not playing someone’s mother or grandmother just because a big director is offering a role.’

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Rakhee's latest Bengali film Aamar Boss released to rave reviews earlier this month, and the senior actor seems thrilled about working in the film.

It marks her return to Bengali cinema after six years, “I am not in a hurry to get back to doing a film. It has to be something worth my while.”

Your first Bengali film in a long time is a work of joy and beauty.

You know, when the directors (Shiboprosad Mukherjee and Nandita Roy) offered me the film, I wasn't sure. My last Bengali film is yet to be released. I don't know what happened to it. Incl. But then I saw Shiboprosad and Nandita's film.

You mean their blockbuster Raktabeej?

No, not that. Their earlier film Haami is about a child's upbringing. I was immediately excited about working with them.

Their past work apart, they have conceived a role for you in Aamar Boss which not many actresses your age are given?