Rituparna, Raima in Mainak's next

Mainak Bhaumick is ready to step out of his comfort zone. After the success of his zippy, urban comedies ' Machh Mishti & More and Ami Aar Amaar Girlfriends ' his next film will be based on Sirshendu Mukhopadhyay's novel Dwicharini, a nuanced tale of love and separation set in north Kolkata.
Mainak is looking to rope in one of his 'girlfriends', Raima Sen, and a prize catch ' Rituparna Sengupta.'This will be a new genre for Mainak. Ritwick Chakraborty is also supposed to be in the film,' said a source close to the production.
Mainak has already started discussions on buying the rights from the author. 'There have been talks but nothing has been formalized. I have no problems if he wants to direct a film based on Dwicharini,' Sirshendu said.
Dwicharini depicts the life of a young girl (Raima), whose father is a priest in a zamindar's house. In the same house stays a poor boy (Ritwick), who is a dependant. One day, a bright young man, who's got a job abroad, wants to marry the girl. 'However, the girl has had a subtle, undefined feeling for the dependant, which she has never expressed. The marriage offer is something she can't refuse. But later, she feels that she is a dwicharini, or two-faced. It's a sensitive story and has to be shown sensitively,' adds Sirshendu. Rituparna is likely to play the zamindar's wife.
Raima, who is busy in Mumbai at an acting workshop for Mritunjay Devvrat's film starring Indraneil Sengupta, Sabyasachi Chakrabarty and Victor Banerjee said, 'Mainak hasn't told me about it yet, but I hope he casts me.' Repeated calls and texts to Mainak went unanswered.