Mita Vashisht’s inner emotional resources help build the character in ‘Kasaai’
Acclaimed actress Mita Vashist found herself penetrating the depths of her emotions to emote seamlessly what her character of Gulabi had to offer to the story. With a time budget to finish the filming in 13 days, multiple scenes had to be shot in a day. This led Mita to resource her emotions to a maximum to do justice to the role of a mother yearning and fighting for the justice of her son.
Mita discloses that, “When you see the film, you will realise what a phenomenal feat that is to shoot the film in 13 days. However, what it meant for me is that I had to knock off really powerful and emotional scenes which had to be subtly emoted at the same time, sometimes 3 scenes in a day back to back. I had to thus rely on some strange inner strength and emotional resource to bring out the whole inner crying of the character I play.”
About the film: Penned by Pataakha writer Charan Singh Pathik, Kasaai is based on real incidents that still occur in rural India. A gruesome murder takes place during the all important village elections, but dirty politics leads to the cover up of the startling crime. When a mother refuses to bow down to pressure and relentlessly fights for justice, the whole façade begins to tumble. The hypocrisy of honour and importance of morals are explored in this film.