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Govind Nihalani: Felt the empathy in Surekha's approach
Updated On: 17 July, 2021 08:00 AM IST | Mumbai | A Correspondent
Filmmaker Govind Nihalani on roping in the senior actor for `Tamas`, which garnered her a National Award
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Surekha Sikri plays Rajo in this Govind Nihalani creation
Surekha [Sikri] was a student of the National School of Drama. I knew of her when she was doing theatre in Delhi. I liked her stage performances immensely. When I was working on [my television-film] Tamas [based on the Hindi novel of the same name by Bhisham Sahni in 1988], she had just come to Mumbai. Surekha Sikri was my first choice to play the character of Rajo and I am glad she accepted it. It rightly garnered her the National Award for Best Supporting Actress.
Rajo [her character in Tamas] was a Muslim woman hailing from a simple background, stuck between her hot-headed son and God-fearing and honest husband. Once explained, Surekha would grasp the graph of the character [with ease]. She was a natural actor, who put in a lot of hard work into her performances, but you would never know that watching her act so effortlessly on screen. What touched me the most about her portrayal is the simplicity with which she played the role.
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