Acting's my first love: Deepti Naval

The interview���������s fixed for 9 am at The HHI. When the person in question is Deepti Naval, an entity that only dreams are made of, your only concern is to reach on time. A text message and a call later, Deepti says that she is on her way to the hotel.
You check your watch, not because you mind the wait but because you are shamelessly in awe of the person and can���������t wait to upload this interaction onto your ���������memory��������� chip.She walks in, her smile that can light up even the darkest recesses of the world in place and apologizes for the delay. You are on the verge of confessing that for her, you can wait till eternity. But even as you fumble for words, Deepti utters, ���������I���������d gone to meet Buddhada (Buddhadeb Dasgupta). I always look him up when I am in Kolkata.���������
You get your cue for the Q&A. Having ordered for coffee in the cosy comfort of the couch, you get going by asking about the one ���������Memory��������� she will carry back from the Buddhadeb meeting. ���������I had worked with him in ���������Andhi Gali���������,
perhaps the only Hindi film that he had done. We bonded from then on. I���������ve had a weakness for Bengali directors, be it Rituparno Ghosh, Aparna Sen or Goutam Ghose, because of their sensitivity towards cinema. Buddhada loved my work in my latest screen outing. So, maybe now, my desire of wanting to do a Bengali film with him will turn into reality.��������� And with language ���������hardly being an issue���������, it just might be a matter of time before things fall into place.
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