/> Life couldn't get any rosier for Konkona. Omkara, she agrees, has started a new phase in her career. "I'm so glad I did Omkara. So happy that I got to work with Vishal Bharadwaj.

And to think I had constant apprehensions about doing the Hindi language in a UP dialect. Finally Vishal had to tell me to stop getting conscious about my language because it was hampering my performance."

Tell her she had some really naughty things to say to Kareena Kapoor in Omkara and Konkona giggles. "Oh, my dialogues get even naughtier in Madhur Bhandarkar's Traffic Signal where I play this street walker. It's a small role. But very peppery."

She stops to think. "You know I don't mind doing small roles. But it has make some sense in the script. Some people are offering me senseless and tiny roles presuming I'm game for anything."

The one she's truly excited about at the moment is the one she's shooting for in Kolkata. "Sunglass is my third film with Rituparno Ghosh. ...fourth if you count both the Hindi and English versions of Sunglass separately. And it's my first comedy. Though I did have light moments in Omkara, nothing like this film where I play this wacky woman with wacky powers."

Konkona has a lot to hum about. "You know, I used to admire Jayaji's earlier films so much. The way she emoted, and her whole personality exuded a certain warmth. And now Jayaji is playing my mother in two films!"

Konkona Sen-Sharma is thrilled by the thought that she'll have Jaya as her mom in Sunglass and then in Pradeep Sarkar's untitled film for Yashraj films.

"Since I haven't met her I'm very nervous and excited. I guess we'll get to know one another during the shoot. So Pradeep-da will reap the harvests of our compatibility," she jokes.

Mention of Pradeep Sarkar's film brings a sparkle to her voice. "It's so different in mood to Sunglass, so Jayaji and I get to play very different mother-daughter pairs in both films."

She admits she's kicked by the presence of Rani Mukherjeee who plays her sister in Sarkar's film. "Rani is an actress I like immensely. She was so wonderful in Black I've looked forward to the time when I can actually share screen space with her."

Is she kicked about doing a Yashraj Films? "I accepted this film because Pradeep Sarkar strikes an even balance between art and commercialism. He doesn't really fall into the Shyam Benegal-Govind Nihalani bracket. Yet he's superior to your average commercial potboiler-maker."

She's also thrilled by the thriller Deadline which was released last month.. "I've done a horror film Amavas and now a thriller Deadline. It's always a pleasure to work with Irffan Khan. He's among the best. We's done a film called Meridian, and we're working in Anurag Basu's Metro... When Tanveer Ahmed narrated the script of Deadline to me I was very excited. It's something I've never done before."

Konkona seems very happy with the work she's doing. "I'm lucky. What if I wasn't offered the roles that I was offered?"