Actress Nandana Sen is overwhelmed at the response that her film "Rang Rasiya" received at a special screening at the ongoing 17th Kolkata Film festival. />
The film was screened at an over-crowded theatre here and those who couldn't get a seat watched the entire movie while standing. />
"I am simply overwhelmed at the response that the audience of Kolkata has given to my film. The audience was fantastic. />
People from every walk of life came to the film festival to watch the movie. Several people even watched the whole movie standing as they couldn't manage to get a seat," said Nandana while talking to reporters after the screening of her film Tuesday./>
"It's really fascinating to see so many people have come to see my movie," added the actress./>
Directed by Ketan Mehta, "Rang Rasiya" is based on 19th century painter Raja Ravi Verma, played by Randeep Hooda, and his muse Sugandha Bai, played by Nandana. />
The movies shows how Ravi Verma painted Sugandha Bai partially nude in his portraits which later kicked a storm fuelled by religious priests./>
It also shows how pictures of goddess painted by Ravi Verma had courted controversy during that period./>
Asked what she feels about the late painter M.F. Hussian, who also faced similar protests for drawing nude pictures of Indian goddess, she said: "It really hurts that such a legendary painter had to die in self-imposed exile outside India. It's very painful."