I am not afraid of failure: Nandita

<div class="section1"><div class="Normal">Nandita Das, Actress, On what the world of cinema means to her.<br /><span style="" font-weight:="" bold="">Are you looking forward to the release of your next movie, </span><span style="" font-weight:="" bold="" font-style:="" italic="">Bas Yun Hi</span><span style="" font-weight:="" bold="">?</span><br />I have a lot of things coming up.I am going to New Jersey, Boston, and Chicago to talk on women and violence in reference to cinema. But, honestly, what is consuming me at this point of time is a play titled <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Another Frankenstein</span>, which I am doing with Shabana Azmi, Zohra Sehgal, a Delhi-based theatre personality and an Australian lady. The play is inspired by the book <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">The Secret Diaries of Ann Frank</span>. The play will be performed at Delhi, Kolkata and Bangalore.<br /><span style="" font-weight:="" bold="">Coming back to </span><span style="" font-weight:="" bold="" font-style:="" italic="">Bas Yun Hi</span><span style="" font-weight:="" bold="">, you don''t seem to be too excited.</span><br />I prefer to forget the few films I have done because I am never satisfied with the finished product. I look at everything as a learning experience. I am not afraid of failure.<br /><span style="" font-weight:="" bold="">What kind of films appeal to you?</span><br />I want to do films I can relate to, films which have something to say, films which I believe in. I have just signed up for an Israeli film directed by the LA-based director, Abinasher. Shooting will begin in January and Parveen Dabbas will act opposite me.<br /><span style="" font-weight:="" bold="">How well have you adapted to the film industry?</span><br />I like my work, like meeting different kinds of people, like listening to different kinds of stories. But I don''t connect to the other side. One has to market oneself personally. But there is a certain superficiality attached to this and I am uncomfortable with it.<br /><span style="" font-weight:="" bold="">After denouncing commercial films, you went ahead and did </span><span style="" font-weight:="" bold="" font-style:="" italic="">Pitaah </span><span style="" font-weight:="" bold="">and </span><span style="" font-weight:="" bold="" font-style:="" italic="">Aks</span><span style="" font-weight:="" bold="">. Even </span><span style="" font-weight:="" bold="" font-style:="" italic="">Bas Yun Hi </span><span style="" font-weight:="" bold="">is a commercial film.</span><br />I have never denounced any genre. For me, cinema comprises all kinds of films, all languages and all genres. </div> </div>