Konkana SenSharma

I have become a huge fan of this Indian Actress. For late comers, Konkana is daughter of renamed Bengali Actor/Director Aparna Sen. She has acted in number of Bengali, Bi-lingual and Hindi films.

It so happened that I saw two of Konkana SenSharma's movies on the same day - Aaja Nachle and 15 Park Avenue. There is a scene in Aaja Nachle where Konkana's character has to audition for a role in a play. She is shown dancing on the tunes of the song "Babuji zara dheere chalo...", that scene is mind-blowing, it is hilarious and looks like the renowned actress is comfortable making fun at her own self, such an important trait for an actor. The scene is worth the entire film's money.

15 Park Avenue, the more I talk about this film the better I like. Konkana is shown as a schizophrenic in this film. The film made me realise how difficult it must be for people to cope with a world which does not exist for most of the other people living in the outside world. Imagine, you are constantly seeing someone, someone so real, you can feel their prescence, talk to him/her, yet everyone else will say the person does not exist. A world within another world. Konkana has acted so well, that I could literally feel the pain and agony of a schizophrenic, the helplessness to convince people what they are feeling is real, when in reality it is not. Full marks to even Shabana Azmi for enacting a very complex character of a sister who is mentally and physically drained of the responsibilities she has to carry.

At times I feel there is a dearth of opportunities and there is so much of cut-throat competition then there are women like Konkana SenSharma and Shabana Azmi who make genX actors look silly to the core. There is no competition at all if you are at the very top.

I totally am bowled over by her...