Richa
Chadha's role in Love Sonia has already gotten her two awards before the film
has even released across the world, one in London Indian Film Festival and one
at the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne. The actress is one of the few people
in the industry capable of such a feat where her work is speaking for her. The
Fukrey actress plays the role of a sex worker and the Madam of a brothel in
Love Sonia. She, along with actors like Manoj Bajpayee, Anupam Kher, Freida
Pinto, Mrunal Thakur and Rajkumar Rao bring us the reality of the Sex
Trafficking world which is directed by Tabrez Noorani.
Richa
who was hesitant to the do the role when offered it because she was worried if
the story would do justice to the portrayal of something so sensitive. She
believed the director, Tabrez when he showed her the decade of research he's
been doing for the film. When the actress started shooting for the film she met
many sexworkers, a lot of young girls who were rescued from the flesh trade and
listened to incidents that one could never fathom were even possible. After 2.5
months of shooting in different locations, depicting brutality and real stories
on screen, once done with filming, Richa headed to for therapy sessions with a
psychologist to help her detach from the role. An effect on one's mental state
changes each day with scenarios that are presented in front of you and we
completed understand why Richa needed help removing herself from her character
because for 2.5 months she was part of it all.
Speaking
about the process, Richa said, “The story of the film was gruelling and
emotionally exhausting. To imagine as actors for us to go through this through
the process of enacting living the life of these girls momentarily scars us, I
can only imagine what would the girls in real life must be going through. For
me it wasn’t an easy process. To immerse into the role, live through those
emotions, learn those realities and accept them to essay the role of Madhuri
took its toll on me. We are lucky as educated people to have access to
information and to facilities and I had to seek help of professionals who are
psychologists and find therapeutic ways to get myself out of the character to
resume my normal life. This character was more than just a role it was a life
we had to lead and also pull out of it emotionally once we were through it”.
For
an actor like Richa, she could remove herself gradually but for millions of
girls, this is the story of their lives. Love Sonia is a crucial film to change
the discourse around India's sex trafficking issue.
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