An honest confession

Budding actress Tara Sutaria plays a deaf-mute girl in her second release of the year Marjaavaan, and she says her generation of actresses are missing out on the nuanced expressions of heroines such as Madhubala, Meena Kumari and Nutan. Since she does not have any dialogue in her upcoming film, Tara says she had to fall back on expressions and sign language to bring alive her character.

“I always find Madhubala, Meena Kumari and Nutan fascinating. Their screen presence, beauty, eyes, and expressions are on a different level. Their subtle expressions would speak a thousand words silently. I think our generation misses out on their adaa and nazaaqat. I hope we can bring back those things,” Tara said.

Changing tastes

She feels changing audience taste and overall westernisation has triggered off such change.

“Maybe, we are westernised, and the audience has changed, so we do not require such nuances. These days filmmakers cater to all kinds of audiences. So, there is a period drama that is happening where the acting needs old-world charm and there are films that are set in the present time. Having said that, as an audience, I would love to watch films that give me a glimpse of the black-white era,” said the actress. Directed by Milap Zaveri, Marjaavaan features Siddharth Malhotra, Riteish Deshmukh, Rakul Preet Singh with Tara.

Extensive training

Tara said that she went through extensive sign language training for her role, and wishes to see the reaction from the differently-abled community after they watch her film.

“I have so many lines I had to communicate using sign language that it was quite a task for me. I learnt Indian sign language and then I had to constantly translate my lines from English to Hindi. Also, I had to make sure that while expressing myself through sign language, it looked beautiful on screen.

Being a trained singer, the actress is looking forward to tapping her versatility, as an actress and an artiste. “When you see me in my next film Tadap after Marjaavaan, you will see a very different character. The film is a remake of the south Indian film RX 100, and we have changed the story a bit. It is going to be interesting,” she revealed. — IANS