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Tripti Dimri: Bulbbul put me back in the game
Updated On: 30 January, 2021 11:10 AM IST | Mumbai | Mohar Basu
Earning Best Actor (Film) nomination at mid-day and Radio City Hitlist OTT Awards for Bulbbul, Tripti on finally getting her due post Laila Majnu
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Tripti Dimri
In Netflix’s supernatural drama Bulbul, Tripti Dimri effortlessly slipped into the complex role of the titular character - a woman silently breaking free from the shackles of patriarchy. Her performance, both understated and enigmatic, has won her a nomination in the Best Actress (Film) category for the Mid-day and Radio City Hitlist OTT Awards. In a chat with mid-day, Dimri recounts how she cracked the character with ample help from her director Anvita Dutt. “Actors should have the luxury of making mistakes and Anvita allowed me the safe space to slip. We built the character brick by brick for two months. Discussing backstories, finding the right pulse was important for this character. I did read a few books including Jorasanko on Tagore’s life to familiarise myself with the Bengali culture.”
A large part of Bulbul’s strength came from her sense of calm, and that body language was important to create that enigma around her. “I researched about child brides and understood the emotional ramifications on them. There was a realisation that women across the globe are going through hell everyday because of lack of access to education and monetary security. The research was heartbreaking bit by bit. Bulbul is a victim in many ways and the research helped me build the suffocation she was living through, being trapped in a marriage she didn’t want. If you realise, all the dialogues are questions. Till she becomes a witch, she is constantly taking permissions. I was dreading some of the scenes from script level - the sexual assault scene and the scene of domestic violence. Anvita’s brief for the scene was that she wanted to see life getting out of my body. Her faith in me inspired me to do my best. Full credit to Rahul (Bose) who was the best co-actor I could have had who made me really comfortable. After every cut he would sit next to me and distract me. Anvita after take would hug me and cry. I was so protected while shooting this film and that’s exactly how the scenes were shot. These scenes were the turning point for the film. After the rape scene, I bawled for 20 minutes straight.”
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