India, Sept. 20 -- Indian actress Seema Biswas plays a role with rough sketches of ousted Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in Nandita Roy-Shiboprosad Mukherjee's upcoming Bengali film Raktabeej 2. Ahead of the film's Durga Puja on September 26, IBNS correspondent Souvik Ghosh speaks to Biswas on the film and more... Excerpts

Q. How did you get Raktabeej 2?

A. I have known Shiboprosad Mukherjee since 1995. He was playing my son's role in the Bengali film Lajja which was shelved. On one fine evening, Shibu (Shiboprosad) called me up and wished to work with me. He then narrated the story which was interesting and something very engaging to the audience. Though my role is not very big, it's interesting.

I heard so much about Shibu's...