Raima makes sense of acting

<div class="section1"><div align="left" style="position:relative; left: -2"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" align="left" border="1" width="77.5%"> <colgroup> <col width="100.0%" /> </colgroup> <tr valign="top"> <td width="100.0%" colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="" valign:="" top="" background-color:="" f3f3f3=""> <div class="Normal"><script language="javascript" src="Config?Configid=43376741"></script><br /><a href="javascript:popUp(&quot1;photopop?msid=245412&type=0&quot1;)"> <img border="0" align="left" src="/cms.dll/thumb?height=220&width=220&photoID=245412" hspace="12"" /></a></div> </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td width="100.0%" colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="" valign:="" top="" background-color:="" f3f3f3=""> <div class="Normal"><span style="" font-size:="">Click to enlarge</span></div> </td> </tr> </table></div> <div class="Normal">Raima Sen, actress, on life after <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Chokher Bali</span>.<br /><br /><span style="" font-weight:="" bold="">You have received a good review in </span><a href="http://movies.indiatimes.com/articleshow/336690.cms" target="_blank">Chokher Bali</a><span style="" font-weight:="" bold="">.Did you expect this? </span><br /><br />Not really. I knew people would appreciate my work, but the response has really surprised me.<br /><br /><span style="" font-weight:="" bold="">In </span><span style="" font-weight:="" bold="" font-style:="" italic="">Chokher Bali,</span><span style="" font-weight:="" bold=""> you play a a naive village girl and wife. Was this difficult? </span><br /><br />Obviously it was very difficult portraying a naive village girl. Taking into consideration my Anglicised background, it was very difficult bringing out this simple quality. It was a very tough role. This simplicity had to come out at <a href="http://movies.indiatimes.com/articleshow/285044.cms" target="_blank">each and every stage</a>. But honestly, my director was fabulous. He made it easy for me. There was no workshop or rehearsal - he just explained things to me really well. The day I went on the sets, I understood what he wanted.<br /><br /><span style="" font-weight:="" bold="">Tell us about your future projects. </span><br /><br />I have <a href="http://movies.indiatimes.com/articleshow/333246.cms" target="_blank">Funtoosh</a><span style="" font-style:="" italic="">, 99.9 FM </span>and <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Bachelors</span> to look forward to in the future. <br /><br /></div> </div><div class="section2"><div class="Normal"><span style="" font-weight:="" bold="">How would you rate yourself in terms of acting when compared to your mother and grandmother? </span><br /><br />That''s not fair. We are three different generations so it’s not fair to compare. We all have our own identity.<br /><br /><span style="" font-weight:="" bold="">What was your grandmother''s reaction to </span><span style="" font-weight:="" bold="" font-style:="" italic="">Chokher Bali</span><span style="" font-weight:="" bold="">? </span><br /><br />She has not seen the film but she feels very happy and proud based on what she has heard. When Rituparno Ghosh gave me a novel about the character in <a href="http://movies.indiatimes.com/articleshow/282654.cms" target="_blank">Chokher Bali,</a> I gave it to my grandmother. She read the novel to me and explained the characterisation. <br /><br /><span style="" font-weight:="" bold="">Do you want to do only serious cinema now? </span><br /><br />Not at all.My heart is in cinema and both genres require acting talent. Even comedy is difficult. For me, there has to be a good director and the role has to be good enough. </div> </div>