A journey of passion

Gandhinagar Grapevine

Director P C Shekar says that he couldn’t think of anybody better than actor Bhamaa to essay the role of a visually impaired girl in his upcoming project, ‘Raaga’. He explains that this is perhaps the toughest role that the actor has ever played in her career.

“I’ve worked with Bhamaa in two of my previous projects and was confident that only she could carry off such a tough role with ease. I read the script out to her and it didn’t take her too long to understand and slip into the character.” Bhamaa, for her part, had a lot of preparations to do for the role, informs Shekar. “She went to a school for the visually impaired and spent a couple of hours there just to understand their body language, food habits and how they live. She has intelligently woven everything that she saw at the school into her role,” explains Shekar.

Bhamaa has also had to physically undergo some changes. “She has had to put on some weight to look a little abnormal and older than her gae. She has also had to hold a squint throughout the film which was the tough part of the character,” says Shekar.

Shekar too has spent a couple of months researching on the lead characters just to understand how to synchronise the characters and their emotions. “I’ve attempted a very new style of storytelling in this film, both in terms of the story and content. I’ve written the story in such a way that it will appeal to people of all age groups,” he says.

Care has been take to match the costumes to the character to give it a believable feel. The music is sober with nothing too loud and jarring.

“The whole feel of the movie has been kept light because the focus is on the lives of two people and their journey in love,” explains Shekar