Gourab in Tanima Sen's next

After the mentally and physically challenged Rupam in ���������Durga��������� , Gourab will play an autistic in Tanima Sen���������s directorial debut
There are a couple of new twists to Tanima Sen���������s ���������Pother Shesh Kothay��������� . For starters, the film-maker has found a new Abhimanyu, an autistic. When he was 10, he met with an accident. The story takes off when he is 33.
Initially, Manas Mukherjee was supposed to play the part. ���������But he suddenly fell ill and had to be replaced, though I would���������ve loved him to be part of the venture,��������� says Tanima. News is that Gourab is the new Abhimanyu.
The director clarifies, ���������Gourab was my first choice. I saw him in the Tarun Majumdar film and loved his work. I had gone to watch Uttam Kumarer nati in action and came back suitably impressed. Next, I saw him in ���������Durga��������� . Much later, we did cultural programmes and with time, we bonded.��������� In fact, she had offered him the part when Gourab was part of ���������Durga��������� . ���������But he reasoned that he wasn���������t allowed to work outside. He said, ���������If you can wait for a few days, I might be able to join the project as ���������Durga��������� will reach its end��������� . As luck would have it, even my film got delayed, but thanks to my good friend Pranab Mukherjee, it is back on track and that too with Gourab,��������� Tanima thanks her stars.
The film-maker , however, had to toil hard to rope in Gourab the second time. That���������s because she had lost all contact with him. ���������His phone number had changed and I had a tough time sourcing his number . The best part is that I am getting to work with all my favourite stars. There���������s Soumitra Chatterjee, Supriya Devi and now, Uttam Kumar���������s grandson!��������� the filmmaker���������s excitement is palpable.
Gourab, on his part, is glad to be part of this project. Ask him how he has researched for the role after having played a similar character in ���������Durga��������� and the actor says, ���������Rupam is different from Abhimanyu. Though I did observe a person with a similar handicap while essaying Rupam, there was no proper explanation in the mega as to why Rupam became the way he was. But when I went through the script of ���������PSK��������� I realized that it is based on the life of an autistic.���������
But doesn���������t he fear being typecast? ���������Not really. I���������ve done Kaushik Ganguly���������s ���������Rang Milanti��������� , where I play a DJ, a college going guy. Then I have another megaserial tentatively titled ���������Fera��������� , where I am married to a girl, who dies while giving birth. Next, I am married to her sister. So, I guess, people will get to see me in varied roles.���������
Talking of roles, buzz is that even June is no longer part of the venture. ���������I would have loved June to be part of the same. But she has her hands full with other commitments and, hence, couldn���������t play Tota, though she was keen to. Now I have a new girl called Shimli, who will face the camera for the first time,��������� Tanima signs off.