Actress
Amruta Sant
is gung-ho! She’s gearing up for her first international movie, ‘
The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir
’ to be released soon in India. The film has already had a release internationally. Directed by
Ken Scott, Amruta portrays the role of the protagonist’s mother.
“It all happened luck by chance,” says the chirpy actress. She happened to audition for the role casually and within a week she was finalised for the role of Aja’s (younger
Dhanush’s character) mother. “Initially, I felt a little skeptical about playing a mother on screen and if I would be able to do justice to the role. But I enjoy being associated with children and so, this was lovely,” she says.
Amruta went through a series of rehearsals for this role and reveals more about it. “I play the role of a single mother who lives near the
Dhobi Ghat
in Mumbai and earns her livelihood there. Ken made sure that we were introduced to the place and were comfortable with our surroundings. Also, he is a big believer of rehearsals so we went through a series of workshops and rehearsals, so when we were ready to shoot it was all well thought off and planned,” she adds.
Post-production was also a breeze, despite being in different time zones. "Ken made sure we coordinated our dubbing schedules to the time in India and he connected with us from Canada," she says.
Amruta loves to act. She has a strong theatre background and has been seen in quite a few plays plays with Sunil Shanbag, Makrand Deshpande and Divya Jagdale. She has also has won awards (
Best Actress
) for her Marathi film ‘Panhala’, which was directed by Nagesh Bhosle.
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