Sameera’s film wins high honour
From Noreen Aslam

BOMBAY—The unofficial verdict is out. Buddhadeb Dasgupta’s Kaalpurush has won the National Award for Best Film. Kaalpurush was one of the nominees under the Best Film category. “I know it has been unofficially declared, but I am very happy about it. Of course, I expect the film to help me gain mileage as an actress,” says Sameera Reddy.
The actress says that the National Award nomination and the eventual verdict has proved her detractors wrong that she could not do justice to the deglamourised role of a Bengali woman in the film. “I am glad that I could prove my versatility as an actress,” she says.
Sameera also puts an end to the rumours that she has acted in an explicit scene with Rahul Bose in the film. “What nonsense,” she screams. “In fact, the story of Kaalpurush has me and Rahul going through a broken marriage, so where is the question of a steamy scene? Forget an explicit scene there isn’t even a hug between Rahul and me in the film,” he says.
Tell her that there’s a scene that shows Rahul in a drunken state visiting a prostitute and he imagines her to be Sameera and she says, “Yes, but that scene just has me dancing in a sari. Believe me, there isn’t any explicit scene in the film. It just shows Rahul who is frustrated because our marriage is not working out and he goes to a prostitute.”
Sameera says that Dasgupta and she share a good working relationship and she is looking forward to his other films as well. “Dasgupta has signed me for his next venture. It is again a very different role. The plot of the film revolves around terrorism and I am very excited about it. The film will be made in Bengali and Hindi simultaneously,” he says.
Back home, Sameera is looking forward to Sachin Bajaj’s Naksha. “Naksha is a film full of adventure and has all the ingredients of an entertainer. The special effects and stunts are amazing.” Talking about stunts, much has been written about the adventures the actress has had in real life while making this film. “There was a river rafting scene and we shot the scene while it was freezing and I was dressed in a black halter top and short skirt. The guys were asked to wear heavy jackets and that saved them from the cold,” she says. .