Celina Jaitly Remembers Veteran Filmmaker Rituparno Ghosh On His 7th Death Anniversary

Actress Celina Jaitly, who recently worked in the short film “Seasons Greetings: A Tribute To Rituparno Ghosh” remembered the 19-time National Award winning filmmaker Ghosh on his seventh death anniversary on Saturday.

Speaking about Rituparno Ghosh, Celina Jaitly said, “Ritu da definitely blessed me and (the short film’s director) Ram Kamal (Mukherjee) to make this film. He wanted to cast me in a movie. But I became pregnant, and he mentioned that he was willing to wait. Unfortunately, he passed away a few weeks later. His words resonated when Ram Kamal offered me the character of Romita. It was divine intervention.”

The 47-minute film; “Seasons Greetings: A Tribute To Rituparno Ghosh”, addresses the issue of social acceptance of relationships. Apart from Celina Jaitly, the film also features Shree Ghatak, Lillette Dubey, Azhar Khan among others.