I want to work with Raima: Sekhar Das

Before starting his ���������Nillohit��������� with Prosenjit in August, Sekhar Das will be making a movie on extrasensory perception
Sekhar Das has finished his first draft of his cinematic adaptation of Sunil Gangopadhyay���������s Nillohit. Since the project will be done on a very big scale, the director has decided to do a small film before he begins shooting ���������Nillohit��������� in August with Prosenjit, Raima Sen, Soumitra Chatterjee and Arun Mukherjee, among others.
Says Sekhar, ���������Two months ago, I took the rights of the book from Sunil Gangopadhyay. I have just finished penning the first draft of the script.���������
This is a big project and requires a lot of sensitivity. Bumba (Prosenjit) is now in Mumbai, shooting for Dibakar Banerjee���������s movie. Then, he will be off to the US to shoot for Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury���������s film and will return during the end of July. I think, we will be able to begin shooting ���������Nillohit��������� only in August. I have loved Raima���������s work and I want to work with her in both ���������Nillohit��������� as well as the other movie that I plan to start soon.���������
The other movie is about extrasensory perceptions. ���������French cinema has a trend of making movies that are sensuous and mysterious in nature. They attract the audience with their intrigue factor. The framings are interesting and the music is ethereal. However, I can���������t talk much about this movie for the fear of plagiarism. The moment a new idea is discussed, there are plenty of directors who mindlessly copy the idea and make telefilms out of it. If I make this movie, it will open a new genre of film-making in India. Stylistically, such a film hasn���������t been done here yet. My script has a fragmented narrative and will have Raima in the cast, among others. Music for both ���������Nillohit��������� and this movie will be scored by Indraadip Das Gupta. Having done films with a strong political vision, I now want to focus on pure cinema. I don���������t see why I need to carry the baggage of always using my movies for making political commentary,��������� Sekhar adds.
Meanwhile, Sekhar has temporarily discarded his plans of making a Tagore adaptation. ���������At one end of the spectrum, we have ���������Charulata���������. On the other end, we have Rituparno Ghosh���������s recent film outing with Raima, Riya and Jisshu. I saw Ritu���������s film at IFFI and was simply overwhelmed by its aesthetic excellence. He has taken so much of care in every frame. Even the pacing of the film is so right,��������� Sekhar says, adding, ���������When I saw this movie, I called up my producer and said that right now, I don���������t wish to make any Tagore adaptation.���������