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Sanghmitra Hitaishi Speaks Up On 'Dahaad' Premiering At The Berlin International Film Festival

Sanghmitra Hitaishi talks about the challenges of shooting for 바카라˜Dahaad바카라™ amidst the Covid-19 pandemic and her working experience with Vijay Varma, Sonakshi Sinha and Gulshan Devaiah.

Sanghmitra Hitaishi
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is best known for her work in projects like Netflix바카라™s 바카라˜Bombay Begums바카라™, Disney+ Hotstar바카라™s 바카라˜바카라™, 바카라˜Lajwanti바카라™, 바카라˜B.A. Pass 2바카라™, National Film Award-winning short films 바카라˜Custody바카라™, 바카라˜Chidiya Udh바카라™, the successful Spanish film 바카라˜El Desentierro바카라™ and many others.

She will be next seen in Amazon Prime Video바카라™s 바카라˜바카라™ helmed by showrunner and director Reema Kagti and Ruchika Oberoi. The show stars Sonakshi Sinha, Vijay Varma and Gulshan Devaiah in the lead roles. It is also the first Indian web series to compete at the Prestigious Berlin International Film Festival.

Expressing her joy on 바카라˜Dahaad바카라™ premiering at the Berlin International film festival Sanghmitra Hitaishi says, 바카라œIt feels like coming home. I have had a long association with Berlinale, my journey as an actor began there as my first film in the lead role premiered at Berlinale, then I was the first female actress from India to be selected for Berlinale talents ever, it바카라™s a mentorship programme that has had Gauri Shinde, Ritesh Batra, Chaitanya Tamahne, Pitobash as former talents, it feels proud to be a part of such an esteemed company. Dahaad becoming the first web series to be selected there truly feels incredible.바카라

Describing her working experience with Sonakshi Sinha, Vijay Varma, Gulshan Devaiah and others she tells, "I knew Gulshan from before through common friends, so there was a familiarity and he is one of the smartest actors I know and is extremely funny. He is constantly making everyone laugh. Working with Vijay was easy because he is a very giving actor and despite 바카라˜Gully Boy바카라™ and 바카라˜Mirzapur바카라™ being such mammoth hits, he was very humble on sets, and a bit shy too. Sonakshi Sinha and I did not spend much time together on set but whenever she was around, she was fun.바카라

Sharing about the challenges and preparation of playing the character she reveals, 바카라œShooting and prep for 바카라˜Dahaad바카라™ began just before Covid hit, so the production stopped midway, most of our rehearsals and workshops happened through zoom, which was a bit sad because, during workshops, we connect with our co-actors develop bonding, build our characters and that couldn바카라™t happen but we managed because that was the demand of the time. You know as an actor you land a good role, and you are about to work with the director you deeply admire, and then a virus comes along and stops everything. It was heartbreaking because you fear that what if the project gets shelved, what if they replace me, those were my insecurities but it turned out really well and I am proud of 바카라˜Dahaad바카라™.바카라

She continues, 바카라œI had to change my hair colour three times in three months for the role which was crazy because I was simultaneously shooting for 바카라˜Out Of Love 2바카라™, and there was a continuity that I had to follow with Mandira바카라™s character for 바카라˜Out Of Love바카라™. It certainly was hectic. Despite the challenges of being an actor, I am grateful that I get to do this every day of my life. It바카라™s worth all the challenges," she signs off.

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