India, July 4 -- Bengali film icon Rituparna Sengupta plays a cartoonist for the first time in Sayantan Ghoshal's Madam Sengupta, which released on July 4. Fresh from the positive reviews of Sharmila Tagore starrer Puratawn, Rituparna interacts with IBNS correspondent Souvik Ghosh at her South Kolkata residence to talk about the film, her dominance across genres of films and her run as a producer. Excerpts...

Q. Why did you decide to opt for this script?

A. I opted because of a few reasons. First of all, I have not explored the thriller genre much. I have not played a cartoonist or an investigator in my career span. So a number of factors were responsible behind my decision to choose this script. Moreover, it's a very interesting story ...