Raima Sen: Don’t believe in method acting, I love creating characters

Raima Sen feels there is pressure before the release of every film regardless of the platform it arrives on. While the fate of a theatrical release hinges on its box office collection, a movie launching directly on a streamer has to compete for views with global content available on the viewer's fingertips.
"On a digital platform, there is so much choice, so it has to be an incredible film to hold on to a certain audience.There is a lot of pressure. Also, people are very brutal with their opinion," said the actress whose latest Bengali web series ‘Roktokorobi’ has been well appreciated by the audience.
The versatile actor also said that it is easy to skip to something next that is more exciting on OTT platforms. "On digital platforms, you really have to be destructively good to get love. The pressure is there but just a different kind of pressure," she added.

Meanwhile, speaking about how she preps up for the diverse roles she play onscreen Raima said she doesn't follow a set of process to prepare for a role. "Every film has its own individual process. Every director imagines all characters and everything in the script. You, as an actor, think very unilaterally. It's very important to kind of adapt to what they want,” she explained adding that, "But I personally love creating characters. I do a bit of background work but it's all in the limitation of what my director wants me to do. I have realised there is no method to filmmaking as an actor. The method is not having one and kind of discovering what you want every time you play a new character.”
‘Roktokorobi’ narrates the story of Mukherjee family and its deep, dark secrets. In the series, Raima plays the role of a young housewife who has some deep secrets too.