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Nandana Sen was in news as she just turned down two Hollywood Projects. Clearing the air sources close to Nandana say, “She rejected those movies as they had few nude sequences to be shot and she wasn’t comfortable shooting for those sequences.”

Nandana is back into action when she turned down another film. She was offered the protagonist’s role in an Italian film based on a story by Mahasweta Devi, ‘choli ke peeche, ’ directed by italo spinelli, produced by RAI, and shot by blasco giurardo, the cinematographer of Cinema Paradiso.


Nandana rejected to do this movie as it again contained Nudtiy scenes. Although it’s a powerful story and the script is brilliant but Nandana had no other option than rejecting this International flick.

Nandana decided not to play this part because I feel the subject matter is such that the nudity cannot avoid becoming unintentionally voyeuristic and eroticized even though that is definitely not the objective.

Debutant director Anand Rai whose thriller Strangers releases this Friday, has an interesting story to tell.

"The script required a kissing scene. I nervously approached my leading lady Nandana Sen and spent some time convincing her. She eventually agreed. How was I to know the objection would come from the other party?"

The film's leading man Jimmy Sheirgil refused to smooch Nandana. "He was adamant. He said he wouldn't have done the film if he knew about the kiss. I had no option but to drop it."

Anand is all praise for his cast. "Jimmy is among our most underrated actors. For the other leading man's role I needed a man of a few words. K.K Menon fitted the bill. As for the girl, I needed someone who would look convincing as a girl who has spent all her life in London. Nandana Sen was perfect."

Rai is quite bewildered by reports that Strangers is based in Alfred Hitcock's Strangers On A Train.

"I really don't know where that came from. Yes, the film does have Strangers as its title and there's a train running through the plot. But beyond this, my film is as close to Hitchcock as Jimmy Shergil is to Jimmy Mistry. Mine is an original story," the debutant director brags.

Oh yeah? We shall see.

Anand shot the film entirely in London. "And not as touristic city. I've gone into lanes and bylanes of London. And unlike other films shot abroad I've even shot the interiors in London."

Yes, but Anand couldn't get Jimmy Sheirgil to kiss.