Aparna Sen’s latest ‘Ghawre Bairey Aaj’ is a contemporary retelling of the triangular love story involving Rabindranath Tagore‘s characters Nikhilesh, Sandeep and Bimala from the iconic novel ‘Ghare Baire’. Tuhina Das playing Brinda, which is a modern take on the character Bimala played by Swatilekha Sengupta in the Satyajit Ray’s 1984 classic ‘Ghare Baire’, excels in her role.

The talented actor, when asked about her portrayal of Brinda, says she was always focused on refraining from any mannerisms or similarity with Bimala.

“I can’t be more grateful to Aparna Sen for choosing me as Brinda. But before shooting the film, I consciously didn’t watch Satyajit Ray’s classic Ghare Baire again, to refrain from any mannerisms or similarity with Bimala, who was played by Swatilekha Sengupta. As a person, I am very reactive and impulsive like Anirban, and Aparna Sen helped me a lot to become Brinda,” said an excited Tuhina during the special screening of ‘Ghawre bairey Aaj’ yesterday.

She also shed some light on her character. “Brinda always led a very cloistered life, being brought up in a girl’s hostel and then being married to a man who is many years her senior. She has never had a taste of the outside world or exposed to romance. Her husband is more of an idol to her, and so when she saw somebody like Sandip (Jisshu Sengupta), she felt drawn towards his impulsive, reactive, aggressive and passionate ways,” added the young actress who had made her debut in Arindam Sil’s ‘Asche Abar Shabor’.

Produced by SVF, ‘Ghawre Bairey Aaj’ also stars Jisshu Sengupta and Anirban Bhattacharya in the lead.