´Ramchand Pakistani´:Nandita Das´s Pakistani Film Premiers At Osian´s-Cinefan

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"I won't call this my first Pakistani venture as I have done a Pakistani music video before which is in fact my only music video till date," says Nandita in an interview.

'Ramchand Pakistani' is about an eight-year-old Hindu boy from Pakistan who accidentally crosses over into India. His father also follows him and both are imprisoned for five years.

Nandita plays Champa, the eight-year-old's mother, who is suddenly left alone.

"I did this film because it spoke of an issue. Accidental border crossing happens and this film talks heavily about the emotions that the mother goes through and how hard she tries to come to terms with being alone. Also, the director Mehreen Jabbar is a close friend of mine," she said.

'Ramchand Pakistani' is primarily an Urdu film and Nandita is the only non-Pakistani actor in a star cast comprising well-known Pakistani TV and stage personalities like Rashid Farooqi, Maria Wasti and Farooq Pario.

"I have done films in 10 different languages including four in Tamil. It is interesting that India itself is so diverse in terms of languages that when you go out of the country, you think of it being the same. Besides, for most of the time in the film I was wearing a ghaghra (long skirt) and choli (top) with white plastic bangles till my arm just the way it is done in Rajasthan. I wore a similar look for my Hindi film 'Bawander' sometime back. So you really can't say what's yours and what isn't. It was a really interesting experience," Nandita explained.

The film premieres at the 10th Osian's-Cinefan Film Festival of Asian and Arab cinema Saturday.

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