Posham Pa: A journey of self-discovery

With mystery and thrillers being all over the web, what drew you towards this particular film?

As soon as I got the role, I readily agreed to become a part of the team. With this project, I got the opportunity to work with Suman Mukhopadhyay, who is a highly skilled professional and a National Award-Winning Director.

Secondly, the chance to explore an altogether different side of me, by essaying the role of sociopath serial killer in the film, was something I wanted to do for long.

For me, working on this project, and playing the character of a girl, who has gone through an extreme life and death row, was a journey of self-discovery.

Since the story is based on true events, were there any difficulties or challenges you faced while portraying such an intense character?

Yes, it has been extremely challenging because a character like Shikha is not something you get to find on a daily basis, not even once in a blue moon, unless and until you are a documentarian or a lawyer. It is difficult to understand the mind set of a psychological serial killer. Therefore, it requires immense amount of imagination.

Apart from that, I researched, read similar cases, and asked plenty of questions to the director in order to get a clearer reference for my character.

The story is based on a real incident. To what extent has it been fictionalised?

Being a feature film, we have borrowed a few sections of the real events and fictionalised them to a certain extent for the visualisation and scripting of the story. But the core of the film is extremely authentic.

Did you have any inhibitions about your character in the web-film?

Getting to play a criminal in the film, was absolutely against my popular 'bubbly' image on-screen. On the first day of shoot, I was very nervous, I had doubts if the audience will accept me in this role or not.

How was your experience working with Mahi Gill and Sayani Gupta?

Having seen their past works, I was intrigued to know their working process. I had watched Mahi in Paan Singh Tomar and Sayani in Parched and I found their performance to be amazing.

Also, I found it interesting to work with people who have different thought process than mine.

Which genre do you wish to explore next?

I would love to work in every genre possible. But especially, as I go through my past roles, I have analysed that I am yet to discover the love story in me. Besides that, I have discovered the good side, bad side and the funny side.

After working in this industry for a decade, can you point out your strengths and weaknesses as an artist?

As an artist, I lose objectivity while I am filming. When I portray a particular character, I start thinking from the character's perspective and condition my mind to think the character's outlook. Unless I am not asked to rectify things by directors, I can't sit in front of the monitor and critically self-direct myself.

You have worked in various projects and every project comes with some sort of responsibility. How do you handle the pressure?

When I was only 12, my mother taught me the art of meditation. And only because of that, I can handle a lot of shortcomings and tragedies in life.

Also the experience of working on television for long – which teaches you to work under extreme circumstances – helped me in certain ways.