Anasuya Sengupta On Bollywood: In the year 2024, Anasuya Sengupta did what every Indian actor dreams of. She brought fame to the country at the international level by winning the Best Actress Award for 'The Shameless' at the Cannes Film Festival. But see the irony, our 'mainstream' industry has not yet given this world-conquering actress the place she deserves. Anasuya, who recently entered the world of OTT with '4 More Shots Please', in an exclusive conversation with TV9 Hindi Digital, exposed the bitter truth of Bollywood, which art cinema artists often have to grapple with.
Anasuya told how the film industry divides artists into different 'slots' or categories. She said, "When I got the offer of '4 More Shots Please', I was shocked. It was a big surprise for me." According to Anasuya, "I myself do not believe in this discrimination, but this industry does. My film 'The Shameless' It has gone to Cannes and I got a great honor there. But after winning awards at the international level, one thing is clearly visible that the artists have been 'slotted' here. On one side there is popular (commercial) cinema and on the other side there is festival cinema. These two worlds operate completely differently and we have to fight this discrimination every day.”
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Anasuya's film 'The Shameless' won a lot of applause abroad, but there is still uncertainty about its release in India. Anasuya says, “People often ask me, how can we watch your award-winning film here in India? But now I am happy that they can watch my work through 'Four More Shots'. Anasuya has high hopes from the OTT platform.
After debuting on the OTT platform, Anasuya has high hopes from this medium. He believes that OTT has changed the old style of cinema. Talking about the web series streamed here especially related to women, Anasuya says, "Such stories are being shown on OTT, which are close to our real life. Here, a realistic approach is seen towards most of the stories. We are able to connect with the female characters seen in it." Actually, Anasuya believes that when real and contemporary problems related to women are shown on screen, then the women watching them also get courage to express their views.
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Artists like Anasuya Sengupta, who have proved their talent at the international level, '4 more shots please' Coming to a popular series like this is a good start. But the question remains, will the talent be freed from the tags of 'festival' and 'commercial'? This fight of Anasuya is not just hers, but of every artist who wants to bring down this wall between art and entertainment.
