It's an honour to play Sabrina: Vidya

The emotional journey of Sabrina Lall, sister of Jessica Lall, brings her to the city, recounts, Vidya Balan, who plays Sabrina in the film, “No One Killed Jessica”. “It’s been an honour playing Sabrina.
Through her struggles she sticks to the fight for justice for so many years. While shooting for the film, I got emotionally involved with the case,” says Vidya, in town on Monday to promote her film which is slated for release on January 7 along with actor Rani Mukerji and director Raj Kumar Gupta.The actor only got to meet the real Sabrina during the trailer launch of the film. “We believe the real Sabrina was poised and calm and not vulnerable and naïve like we have portrayed in the film,” she says. On a lighter note, the actor said she would love to marry a Bengali guy. “I must have been a Bong in my last life. I really fancy the long surnames like Mukherjee and Banerjee,” she laughs.
Shooting for the film has been a learning experience for actor Rani as well. “I completely relate to the character since it is that of a contemporary Indian woman. She is a go-getter spearheading her life towards a direction,” she says. But what about the slangs that have hogged the limelight ever since the movie trailers have been screened? “I was comfortable using such language. Getting under the skin of a character half-heartedly doesn’t make sense. Meera speaks to her peers in an informal manner and it is not so simply because she is a journalist,” Rani adds.
However, director Raj Kumar Gupta seems visibly uncomfortable when asked on the topic of the film. “The story is of an inspirational nature and needed to be told. The events that had happened were also a trigger for realizing the script. The emotional journey of Sabrina also needed to be captured,” he says.
Rani’s Meera, a crime reporter in the film, is a first for the actor. “This is the first time I’m playing such a role and it will add up to my careergraph. The film shows that media can really make a difference when it fights for the right reason,” she says.
Rani and Vidya were a natural choice for the film, says the director. “I’m absolutely sure that any other actor would not have been able to do justice to the role like Rani has,” he says. But since the film talks about the country’s political scenario, does he fear facing flak from the political circle? “We’ve not taken names in the film, neither have we targeted any particular person. I don’t think it would be a problem,” he signs off.
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