I was destined to do another film with Vidya only

By - IANS

DECEMBER 05,2016

Filmmaker Sujoy Ghosh has opened up on what had gone wrong in his rapport with actress Vidya Balan, who worked with him in the hit 2012 thriller film "Kahaani".After "Kahaani", when Vidya turned down his next film, Ghosh was shattered.Ghosh said: "It was unexpected. And I was disappointed. But it wasn39t Vidya39s fault at all. We build all these unreasonable expectations from all those whom we love. And then, when they are unable to fulfil these inflated expectations we are hurt.""It isn39t fair to ourselves or to whose whom we love and expect to love up to our hopes. Even if she is your wife why would you expect her to have your meal on the table every day?"So what happened?He said: "When I narrated a script to Vidya, she told me not to call it 39Kahaani 239. She felt it was not in that genre at all. She was completely right. But I was hurt. Anyway, I moved to other projects which for some reason didn39t materialise. For example, I was supposed to do a film adaptation of Keigo Huganshino39s Japanese novel "The Devotion Of Suspect X". It was to be produced by Balaji Telefilms. Only they know what went wrong. I was destined to do another film with Vidya only. So here I am."Four years after "Kahaani", Ghosh and Vidya are back together. "I know of several heroines who give their heart, soul and limb to a character. But Vidya39s dedication is on another level of passion altogether. When she heard the script she decided the character will wear no make-up. "And she stuck by her resolve, didn39t sneak make-up on when I wasn39t looking. You will see her looking like yesterday night39s chapatti in this film. For the sequence, where she runs out on the street after her daughter is kidnapped, Vidya lay on the busy Grand Trunk Road for two hours with heavy traffic all around her. Which actress would have the balls to do this?"He says he is not bogged down by expectations. "We did something unexpected in 39Kahaani39 four years ago. And when we had a pregnant woman running through the streets of Kolkata, people considered us mad. But you should have passion lekin ek junoon toh honi chahiye. Vidya has the passion. I have it too, I think. I know people expect another 39Kahaani39 from me and Vidya. We are going to tell another kahaani story. Hopefully, this one will grip audiences39 minds the same way as the first film."As for the expectations, the director says they are invalid. "You can39t make a film based on what people expect from you. 39Kahaani 239 has been made because there is a story we want to tell and not because the audiences expect another 39Kahaani39 from me and Vidya."