Reena Roy: “I Was  Offered Heeramandi”

Yesteryears’  screen  queen  Reena  Roy  is  all  set for a comeback.

“Now that my daughter is grown up and doesn’t need me to be around constantly,I feel I could do some work again,” says Reena who in the 1970s  and 80s  featured in a slew of superhits  like Kalicharan, Jaise Ko Taisa, Nagin , Apnapan and  Aasha.

“It  was  a wonderful innings. I  slogged  round-the-clock, sometimes  shooting for  2-3  film  simultaneously, Luckily for me, most of my films turned  out to be hits. But then I  took a break. I was exhausted  , and I needed time for my daughter,” confesses  one of the ruling queens of her era.

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 Now  Reena wants to  work again. She is getting offers on the OTT.

“I  was offered the wonderful Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s series Heeramandi on Netflix. But the role lacked substance. I just had to perform a Mujra, and exit. Where did  my character come from? Why was she in a  kotha? How did she get there? There was  no back story  for my  character. I regretfully had  to say no,although I’d love to work with Mr Bhansali,” says Reena.

She recalls playing a tawaif years ago. “In Rocky which was Sanjay Dutt’s  debut I  had a small but well-etched  role as a  tawaif. There was a flashback with the villain Ranjeet to  justify how I get there. Although the role was small it  left an  impact.I don’t mind doing  just a few scenes. But my character should not be  there just for the heck of it.”

Subhash K . Jha

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