Did Sohini Sengupta refuse to play Pishima 21 years back?

Director

Partha Pratim Deb

had to wait for 21 long years to cast Sohini Sengupta as

Pishima

in Goynar Baksho. After the sixth performance of the play at Madhusudan Mancha, Partha said, "I had adapted this

Sirshendu Mukhopadhyay

text for stage in 1996. It was before Nachni and Panchajanya. Back then, I had approached

Sohini

to play the central character — Pishima. For me, it was either her or another play altogether." Sohini, on her part, added, "I was too young to play Pishima. Now is the right time to get under the skin of the character."