Aparna Sen ready with ´Japanese Wife´

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Sen, who is currently busy with the post production work of the film, says, "The film is based on a short story by writer Kunal Basu. Kunal and I were to work on another story but somehow we could not work it out and during a coffee break he narrated this story and we decided to make a film on this." The film, which Sen fondly calls a 'love song', centres around the life a school teacher (Rahul Bose) in Sunderban, who has found a penpal in Japan and writes regularly to her. Their relationship grows with each letter and ultimately they get married through letters and remain devoted to each other for 14 years.

When asked about casting Rahul Bose to play the character of a village school teacher which is just the opposite of his slick urban persona, Sen says, "You have to watch Rahul to believe me. He has gone through a total transformation. But Rahul takes his job very seriously and has immense faith in me." Was it not difficult to transform a short story into a film? "It is easy to make a film on a short story than on a novel. I simply fell in love with the sheer starkness and the spirit of this (The Japanese Wife) story and have tried to retain it," she replies.

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