Film director Aparna Sen of 36, Chowringhee Lane fame, has directed The Japanese Wife, a film in English, Bengali and Japanese, which is creating a lot of buzz only in the art sector. It stars Rahul Bose, Raima Sen, Moushumi Chatterjee and Japanese actress Chigusa Takaku in the title role.
Raima is elated about the fact that the film has helped her gain respect and recognition as a serious actress. She is, however, disappointed that the film has failed to make a mark at the box office as she feels that the audience is not evolved enough.Raima is single these days. But she seems to have a good amount of knowledge on today's relationships.
“ Everyone, especially couples, is busy working nowadays. Their work takes them everywhere leaving them apart for long durations. “ So, I think, more couples are in long distance relationships now than before,” Raima says.
The actress, however, is clear about one thing — there cannot be any love stories like the one shown in The Japanese Wife . In the movie, the husband and wife get married by exchanging letters and they never meet.
“ I don't think we can have such a relationship in real life. Not knowing how your husband looks like and not meeting him for 20 years is not possible,” says the actress, adding it's cool to have pen friends, but not husband over letters. “ During school, I had pen friends. I had friends in Australia that I used to write to but not after that,” she says, according to a media report.
