India, Dec. 4 -- Rachana Rai is not a complete cinema novice; she's been a part of a few films earlier. But The Devil, in which she is paired with Challenging Star Darshan is, undoubtedly, her biggest project to date. How did she come to be a part of the project? Rachana, says director-producer Prakash Veer, was chosen after a couple of rounds of auditions, which gave him the confidence that she was apt to play the film's leading lady.

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"The mandate for the leading lady was simple; I needed an actor who'd perform from the word go and would not need time to ease into the character. We auditioned several actors for the role, inclu...