Koel is learning martial arts for Mitin Mashi

Arindam Sil, who will be directing

Koel

Mallick for the first time in Mitin Mashi, is blown away by her focus and diligence. “Koel is just incredible. She is disciplined, diligent, hardworking and has no starry airs. She is receptive, has her own logic and reasoning but not for once is she arrogant. Her behaviour tells a lot about her upbringing. Subhrajit Dutta plays Partha her onscreen husband. And the way Koel behaves with everyone on the workshop has already made her popular. Riya Banik, who is playing Tuya, keeps asking when she will have her next acting workshop with Koel,” said the director, who will start shooting from mid-July and around of Kolkata. He added, “It is, in fact, a piece of happy news for the audiences of Bengali cinema. People should gear up for the launch of the only female detective character of Bengali Literature, a housewife turned detective, Suchitra Bhattacharya's iconic character

Mitin Mashi

(Pragyaparamita Mukherjee). And Koel will do a fantastic job as Mitin Mashi. She is already learning martial arts and working on her body language so that she fits the character perfectly. Mitin Mashi has an aura of her own as she is a representative of women empowerment, so the body language has to match accordingly.”

Vinay Pathak plays a Parsi businessman in the film. “I have sent the script to him and he has liked it. I will be exploring the Parsi community elaborately in this film,” said an elated Arindam.