Exclusive: View Swastika Mukherjee and Jaya Ahsan's first shoot together
These two very talented actors from both sides of Bengal met for the very first time and had a blast during the fashion shoot.
Swastika and Jaya are wearing Bobo Calcutta jackets hand-embroidered in silk inspired from the rainforests. It is a surreal interpretation of a world full of hybrids and bloom.
The beauties are wearing The PatchUp India's Fly Coord Set in white and black with modern applique patchwork
The actors are wearing ensembles from Bohurupi Santiniketan's Spring summer edit in yellow hues with Palash stencils prints in mal cotton
Swastika feels that more than good roles, there’s a huge dearth of good scripts. 'I don’t mind having a small role in a good script but it can never be the opposite,' she adds.
'In Tollywood', Jaya says, 'they lack the courage and want to play safe. They want to put everything in the predictable dais and are cagey to try out new things.'
Swastika feels, 'People are scared – from direction department to the art and music department – that no one will talk about them but only us if we are star together.'
To it Jaya adds, 'When Indulge offered us this fashion shoot, it excited me to no end. I really don’t know why no one thought of casting us together.'
While Swastika would love to cast themselves in Basera, Jaya would like to cast them in a very romantic period film.
Jaya on Bangladeshi industry: 'Have a lot more courage to take on newer challenges than Tollywood since as a nation we have always fought against adversity.'
Swastika's take on Tollywood: 'We know everything and our knowledge is the ultimate. We are happy with mediocrity.'
Jaya on being single: 'After observing what’s happening around me, I feel I am better off being single.'
Swastika adds on that being single is 'very boring, this much I can say.'
