Worth the Wait

The film,based on a story by Kunal Basu by the same name,revolves around two pen friends—one from India and the other from Japan who exchange wedding vows through letters. The subject immediately reminded Bose of his first long-distance relationship at 17. “I used to regularly write letters to this girl in the US,” he admits shyly,“I miss the charm of letters and I think the last one I wrote was 10 years ago to my dad.”

It’s been over a year since we’ve seen Bose on the big screen. The actor,who was last seen in Dil Kabbadi says that he’s been working regularly,but none of the films managed to release last year. “The recession hit the small- budget films real bad,” he explains.

Touted as the first actor to make it big in experimental films,Bose’s reign seems to be ending with the entry of so many newer films and actors in the indie film genre. Bose isn’t the slightest bit threatened: “A lot of actors are working on smaller films now and the audiences seem to accept art house films a lot more too,which is good. What is different is that most of these new actors try to jump into commercial cinema the minute they get popular. My true love lies in arthouse films.” He’s firm about the fact that he has no plans to chase big-budget projects,“I do not have an inflated opinion of myself. I know what my audience wants and I’m happy giving them just that. It takes very little to make me happy.”

He took on the director’s role with Everybody Says I’m Fine in 2001. The film received lukewarm response and the actor didn’t take the route again though he has written several scripts in the past. Now,he says he is ready to direct his next,based on the powerful novel Moth Smoke by Mohsin Hamid. Not

ironically,Bose,true to the spirit of the cinema he supports,is currently looking for funds to support his dream project.

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