Konkona Sen Sharma says never wanted to be an actor

The actress was speaking at the launch of Honey Trehan and filmmaker Abhishek Chaubey’s production company MacGuffin Pictures, which is backing the film.

Apart from an ensemble cast of actors like Vikrant Massey, Kalki Koechlin, Gulshan Devaiah, Tanuja Mukherjee, Om Puri and Tillotama Shome, “A Death In The Gunj” also stars Konkona’s estranged husband Ranvir Shorey.

Asked if he was ready to be directed by Konkona, Ranvir joked, “I had said no (to be part of the film) but she insisted. And when someone insists you so much, specially when the director is the mother of your kid so…”

Ranvir, however, said Konkana is a very “tender” director, a quality which is rare in many filmmakers. Tillotama Shome, Gulshan Devaiah to play couple in Konkona Sen Sharma’s directorial ‘A Death In The Gunj’

“I think as an actress, and she is such a fabulous one, she understands what actors goes through. She is very gentle, almost tender I would say, which is a rare quality in a director…

“I think when she had not thought about making the film, I had told her to go ahead and do it because she had a fabulous idea…I didn’t know I would be a part of it.”

Legendary lyricist Gulzar, who was also present at the event, quipped about her latest slim-avatar by saying, “Direction may aadmi aksar dubla ho jata hai (Often people get slim because of direction)”.

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Filmmaker Vishal Bhardwaj said he was happy Trehan and Chaubey, who have worked with him in many films, have now come on the “other side” – that of film production – and feels it will be a learning experience for the duo.