EXCLUSIVE: Arjun Rampal is on his way to a shoot in Poland after a week’s work in London and a short stop in his home country India when he sits down for a chat with Deadline.“It’s better to be busy than not busy in my line of work,” he says shrugging off the jetlag.The veteran actor’s schedule is the result of a late-career renaissance, which he recently kicked off with an acclaimed performance in Aparna Sen’s latest film, The Rapist.
Produced by Applause Entertainment in association with Quest Films Pvt. Ltd, the film chronicles the journey of three protagonists as their lives become entwined after one horrific incident.
The movie picked up the Kim Jesouk Award at the Busan Film Festival and was shown at the Kerala Film Festival, the Kolkata film festival of India, and the London Indian Film Festival.“When I read the script, it just hit me.
I thought it was such a wonderful and hard-hitting take on what actually happens to a victim of rape,” he says of the film, which is yet to be released worldwide. “Aparna is a wonderful and very sensitive filmmaker.
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