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When the Indo-Italian co-production,Gangor,premiered at the Rome International Film Festival in the last week of October,actor Priyanka Bose could hardly contain her excitement. Not because of the compliments she received after the screening,but because the aspiring actor,who plays the central character in the film,was on the verge of losing the role on more than a couple of occasions. I was not sure until just days before the shoot,whether I was acting in the film, says the 27-year old,who essays the role of a tribal woman,Gangor,who gets ostracized by her village in West Bengals Purulia district. I had washed my hands off the project after I didnt hear from them after the first audition,but months later I received a call from the casting agent to say that they were still keen on me, continues Bose,who is also the wife of leading musician Paresh Kamath of the sufi-rock band Kailasa. The bi-lingual film (English and Hindi),which has been directed by Italian filmmaker Italo Spinelli is an adaptation of Bengali author Mahashweta Devis novel Choleey Ke Peeche. The film also stars actors Adil Hussain,Tilottama Shome and Samrat Chakrabarty.
The Delhi girl,who graduated from Maitreyi College with honours in Sociology,confesses that the tinsel town was always her destination. Bose got her first break in Roshan Abbass musical Graffiti,at the age of 18,but soon realised that the stage is a small world. Thats when I shifted to Mumbai to try my hand in Bollywood, says the actor,who has done small roles in Sriram Raghavans Johnny Gaddar and also has a brief dance number in Sanjay Leela Bhansalis just-released Guzaarish. The song Udi has been drastically edited,so dont go hoping to see a lot of me in it, she laughs. She was also offered a part in Dibakar Banerjees LSD,but she opted out of it since she was pregnant.
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