Rani Mukerji, Prosenjit Come Out In Support Of SLB’s Padmavati

Expressing anguish over the row over Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s period drama Padmavati, National Award winning actor Prosenjit Chatterjee says directors will stop making historical films while actress Rani Mukerji said she stands by the director.

“It’s very hurting… Directors will stop doing historical films the way it has been handled. For a performer, any creative person, they should have their own (voice)… Somebody blaming an actor… because they are paid and are ready to perform their best,” Prosenjit said at the India Today Conclave East.

The actor, who has essayed diverse roles in his 35-year film career, says actors are driven to give their best to a character as per the director’s vision.

“As an actor, for a performance, for us, only my director and my character are most important and I have to deliver as my director instructs and there should be no issue with that,” he said.

Prosenjit lamented that actors today will never chase sensitive portrayals as that of Lalon Fakir, the 19th-century spiritual leader, poet and folk singer of Bengal.

The actor had essayed Lalon in the 2010 Indo-Bangladeshi joint venture “Moner Manush”. “I’m suddenly hearing these reactions. Actors (today) will never do a Lalon Fakir.”