Jaya to start work in Kolkata from October

Even before she was an actress, Jaya Ahsan used to visit Kolkata pretty often. Sometimes for medical reasons, sometimes shopping and sometimes just for holiday —Kolkata was her second home. However, pandemic has changed everything for her. The

actress

who is stuck in Bangladesh is counting days to come to her ‘very dear, Kolkata’.



“This has never happened after I became an adult. I am missing Kolkata and its people real bad,” she told us over the phone. The actress is planning to come to Kolkata by the end of the next month. “I have scheduled work from the end of October for Indraadip Das Gupta’s next with Prosenjit Chatterjee. There is another film with

Shiladitya Moulik

. In fact, a small portion of dubbing for Kaushik Ganguly’s Ardhangini is also left,” Jaya said. Just before coming to Kolkata, the actress will also complete shooting another

Bangladeshi

film by acclaimed director Akram Khan.



Meanwhile, Jaya has completed a full-length feature during the lockdown. “It wasn’t easy. It is the first full-length feature by documaker Piplu R Khan. I liked the idea of the film. It was imminent that we would work during the pandemic outbreak because of the content of the film. We had a very small onset unit -- maximum of 10 people. The entire unit worked from remote areas. I took part in the production process also. The entire team did a covid test before and after the shoot. During the shoot, I stayed in a hotel as I have elderly mother at home. But this is an experimental film and we will try to reach out to the global audience with this one,” she told us.