Shweta Basu Prasad asks pressing questions

Shweta Basu Prasad

Shweta Basu Prasad has never settled for conventional cinema. After featuring in films like 'Makdee' (2002)and 'Iqbal' (2005), she has signed a string of clutter-breaking projects, including Zee Theatres' teleplay, 'Kusum Manohar Lele', 'Gudiya Ki Shaadi', and 'Gunehgaar', which is available across top DTH platforms.

Discussing her work on 'Gunehgaar', she says, "[My character] Mrinalini is not easy to read, and that is what I found intriguing about her. Beyond the veneer of a confident, successful journalist, she is ambiguous. It was interesting to play a woman who is neither completely good, nor irrevocably bad."

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Finding promise in her character arc, she says she had to pay attention to several nuances while working on long shots. "The story kicks off when Mrinalini arrives at a stranger's house, hoping to get a scoop, and then begins to suspect that the host may have nefarious [ideas]. For me, the ebb and flow of conversations between the characters was the crux of the play, because the three of us react to each other, [and] reveal the story, bit by bit. During rehearsals, it was important to nab the tone of voice, body language, and reactions, and Gajraj [Rao] sir, Sumeet [Vyas] and I worked hard to make the long shots appear seamless."

The teleplay is a psychological mystery, and a study of cause-and-effect, and crime and punishment. It is directed by Akarsh Khurana.

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