Updated On: 05 June, 2022 07:24 AM IST | Mumbai | Uma Ramasubramanian
Collaborating with her FTII teacher for the short film, The Miniaturist of Junagadh, Rasika Dugal talks of her experience

Dugal with Naseeruddin Shah and Padmavati Rao
To hone any kind of talent, the foundation must be solid. Nobody understands that better than Rasika Dugal, who is a product of the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) and trained under the tutelage of veteran actor Naseeruddin Shah. Sharing screen space with her mentor in the Kaushal Oza-directed short film, The Miniaturist Of Junagadh, she says, “It is encouraging to watch someone with his kind of experience and body of work to be so excited about and invested in what he is doing. It is a treat and learning to watch Naseer sir work with the tiniest details while also paying attention to the larger picture.”
Reminiscing about her journey as an artiste, Dugal says it is like going back to school when working with Shah, “[There is] equal measures of nervousness and excitement. So much of what he taught me at the institute has stayed with me and been an integral part of my journey as an actor. It was an honour to share screen space with him.”