Mumbai Nov 12 (IANS) Director Tanuja Chandra whose film "Qarib Qarib Singlle" has hit the screens says she will begin working on two scripts.
Tanuja donned the director s hat after nine years but has not been sitting idle.
"I completed two other scripts after my film Hope & A Little Sugar in 2008. I ll be going into those films now that Qarib Qarib Singlle is qarib qarib done with " she said.
Her mother is the author Kamna Chandra who wrote films like "Prem Rog" and "Chandni". "Qarib Qarib Singlle" which released on Friday is based on one of Kamna s works.
" Qarib Qarib Singlle is actually based on a radio play that my mother wrote 20 years ago. When I came across it I realised how contemporary it remained in spite of the time passage " said Tanuja.
The director who is single in real life identifies with her leading lady played by Malayalam actress Parvathy in her film.
"A lot of women of a certain age feel the way Parvathy s character does. And though Irrfan Khan s character comes across as obnoxious some women do like attention from caring men even if they are exhibitionists the way Irrfan is in my film " she said.
Tanuja feels the one thing that she learnt during the making of the film is to love her own country s topography.
"We went to the most beautiful places in India like Rishikesh and Gangtok. And we discovered how beautiful India is. If nothing else I hope the one takeaway for the audience from my film would be the unexplored beauty of India s heartland " she said.
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