Seema biswas bandit queen pictures live aid

In an exclusive interview, Biswas, who was here to attend the International Film Festival of Shimla, recollected her emotional struggle while doing the ‘lifetime role’ in her first movie ‘Bandit Queen’, which is fresh in her mind three decades on, and the journey thereafter.

How did you get such a bold and unconventional role?

I was a theatre activist.

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I never thought of working in films. Shekhar Kapur, who had seen my photo, came to watch a play enacted by me at NSD Repertory Company, Delhi. He met me, told me about the movie and said I would be the ‘Bandit Queen’. I asked for the script.  The role was dynamic, lifetime and the movie was sure to create a history.

Seema biswas bandit queen pictures live aid

But I was confused as to how I would do such a bold role. I was shy by nature and my mind was not supporting me to go for a complete nude scene as demanded by the movie. When I asked the Director what