Sujoy opens up on his rapport with Vidya

Filmmaker Sujoy Ghosh has opened up on what had gone wrong in his rapport with actress Vidya Balan, who worked with him in the hit 2012 thriller film 'Kahaani'.

After 'Kahaani', when Vidya turned down his next film, Ghosh was shattered.

"It was unexpected. And I was disappointed. But it wasn't Vidya's fault at all. We build all these unreasonable expectations from all those whom we love," the filmmaker said.

"When I narrated a script to Vidya, she told me not to call it 'Kahaani 2'. She felt it was not in that genre at all. She was completely right. But I was hurt. Anyway, I moved on to other projects which for some reason didn't materialise. I was destined to do another film with Vidya only. So here I am," he added.

Four years after 'Kahaani', Ghosh and Vidya are back together.

“When she heard the script, she decided the character will wear no make-up. And she stuck by her resolve, didn't sneak make-up on when I wasn't looking. You will see her looking like yesterday night's chapatti in this film. For the sequence, where she runs out on the street after her daughter is kidnapped, Vidya lay on the busy Grand Trunk Road for two hours with heavy traffic all around her. Which actress would have the balls to do this?"