Missed the chance to work with Rituparno: Vidya Balan

Vidya was in Kolkata to promote <i>Ghanchakkar</i> which also stars Emraan Hashmi.

Bollywood actress Vidya Balan,whose love for all things Bengal is well known,today regretted not getting a chance to work with late Rituparno Ghosh.

“When I was driving to the hotel from the airport,I was thinking of Rituda because I used to have conversations with him almost on every visit that we will work together for a movie,but that did not happen,” Vidya told reporters here.

Ghosh,who had won many national and international awards for his groundbreaking cinema,died of cardiac arrest last month.

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Vidya said had Ghosh been alive she would have definitely worked with him as she has been wanting to act in a Bengali film since many years.

The 35-year-old actress,known for her work in films like Kahaani,Parineeta and The Dirty Picture,had made her acting debut with Goutam Halder’s Bengali film Bhalo Theko in 2003.

“But I’m sure I will do another Bengali film,” said the actress who considers Kolkata her second home.

Vidya was in the city to promote her forthcoming movie Ghanchakkarwhich also stars Emraan Hashmi.

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