All actors I approached said no to ‘Manto’: Nandita Das

The actress said the easiest way out for her is to cast a newcomer, but the financiers want a star who can pull crowd to theaters and assure a good opening at the box office.

Nandita believes even after spending around two decades in the industry she has not understood how the market of films works.

“After 40 films and 20 years of being on the fringes of the film industry, I realised how little I knew about market forces and what drives them. I never saw acting as a career, freeing me from insecurities and image building.

“For me, the excitement has always been about being part of stories that must be told and the promise of them being well-told. Guess I can only think like myself,” she wrote.

From Agencies, Feature image courtesy mid-day.com