<p>"Initially I was very scared of Aparna Sen because I heard that she was a tough taskmaster. There were times when she screamed at me for not getting a scene right, but I bonded with her," Raima, the granddaughter of legendary actress Suchitra Sen, said.<br />"There were times when she would end up calling me Konkona instead of Raima," Raima said of Sen, a winner of three National Awards.<br /><br />Konkona is Aparna Sen's actress daughter.<br />"She treated me like her daughter. Every evening after shoots we would go for long walks," Raima, who plays a young widow in the film, said.<br />Releasing on April 9, 'The Japanese Wife', would mark the return of the critically acclaimed pair of Rahul Bose and Aparna Sen.<br /><br />The bilingual movie, shot in English and Hindi also stars yesteryears actress Moushumi Chatterjee.<br />'The Japanese Wife' is the story of a young village school teacher played by Rahul, who never meets but 'marries' a young Japanese girl through an exchange of letters.</p>
<p>"Initially I was very scared of Aparna Sen because I heard that she was a tough taskmaster. There were times when she screamed at me for not getting a scene right, but I bonded with her," Raima, the granddaughter of legendary actress Suchitra Sen, said.<br />"There were times when she would end up calling me Konkona instead of Raima," Raima said of Sen, a winner of three National Awards.<br /><br />Konkona is Aparna Sen's actress daughter.<br />"She treated me like her daughter. Every evening after shoots we would go for long walks," Raima, who plays a young widow in the film, said.<br />Releasing on April 9, 'The Japanese Wife', would mark the return of the critically acclaimed pair of Rahul Bose and Aparna Sen.<br /><br />The bilingual movie, shot in English and Hindi also stars yesteryears actress Moushumi Chatterjee.<br />'The Japanese Wife' is the story of a young village school teacher played by Rahul, who never meets but 'marries' a young Japanese girl through an exchange of letters.</p>
