The dark side of Divya

Actor’s role in upcoming film ‘Chalk N Duster’ to be starkly negative

MUMBAI: Badlapur actor Divya Dutta was surprised when she was offered an out-and-out negative role in Chalk N Duster, but said she eventually started enjoying it. The film also stars famous leading actors such as Juhi Chawla and Shabana Azmi.

About her role in the film, Divya comments, “I’m playing the principal in the film. I’m working with two of my extremely favourite stars, Shabanaji and Juhi. They would make fun of me that you’re very nasty in the film. But when a scene is done by two actors, we keep getting tremendous inspiration which is really nice.”

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At an event on ‘Nation Building’ for students at a School, she said, “I felt a bit different that I was offered a negative role which was a starkly negative role. But when I got completely immersed into the scene, I really enjoyed and discovered the dark side in me”.

Divya has been involved in numerous supporting and character roles such as Bhaag Milkha Bhaag and Ragini MMS 2 throughout her career but she feels that character artists deserve special mention.

She is excited about her main lead roles in upcoming projects. “All the three films that are coming up, you’ll see me in the main lead roles. It doesn’t matter to me if it’s main or not but for the role to be a brilliant one is very important for me.”

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Chalk N Duster, directed by Jayant Gilatar, also stars Jackie Shroff, Zarina Wahab, Samir Soni among others. 

Published in The Express Tribune, August 25^th, 2015.

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