Manisha Koirala on her ‘Dear Maya’ character: I am way different than Maya Devi

She has defeated difficult times and emerged victorious. Manisha Koirala, who begins her second innings in Bollywood with ‘Dear Maya’, was initially nervous to face the camera again. But then, an actor’s blood runs inside her! She chose to essay the character of a recluse woman, who has locked herself inside the house for two long decades.

In a conversation with The Hindu, Manisha opened up on her being a director’s medium, her take on relationships in the showbiz and more.

“Personally, I am nothing like that person. I am way different from Maya Devi but if my director can see the similarity in the character she has created and me, then it makes my job a little easy,” she said, while adding that director Sunaina Bhatnagar had ‘sketched’ her character extremely well and things were perfectly at place. (Also Read: Five reasons why you shouldn’t miss Manisha Koirala-starrer ‘Dear Maya’ this Friday)

At the same time, the actress had no qualms in making her comeback with a debutant director.

“I remember doing ‘Khamoshi: The Musical’ when others had refused. Sanjay Leela Bhansali was nobody then and probably none of the other actors had read the script. When I did, I told Sanjay that even if I were the third choice or the fourth choice, I would keep my ego aside and still do it. Similarly, it was Sunaina’s script that attracted me towards ‘Dear Maya’,” she asserted.

Ranjini Maitra

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