Rasika Dugal hasn’t been on a movie set since 2018. Not since the comedy Lootcase , which was made that year and streamed on Disney+ Hotsta...
Rasika Dugal hasn’t been on a movie set since 2018. Not since the comedy Lootcase, which was made that year and streamed on Disney+ Hotstar in July. But the powerhouse actor has been in several web series during that time – Mirzapur, Delhi Crime, Out of Love.
Dugal will appear in the second seasons of Delhi Crime and Out of Love. A third season of Mirzapur on Amazon Prime Video has recently been announced, which also means the return of one of Dugal’s most memorable characters, Beena Tripathi. “Beena is somebody who wears her sexuality on her sleeve, she has a body language that is very different from mine, she has this magnetic pull, a comfortable confidence about her – these are not things I have in life,” Dugal told Scroll.in.
The horizon has vastly expanded in recent months for the Film and Television Institute of India-trained actor. The roles are getting more diverse. The sensitive face that can conjure up a lightness of the spirit or the unbearable burden of sorrow is more recognisable than before.
“The quantity of work has increased by leaps and bounds,” Dugal told Scroll.in. “There’s a lot more happening.”
Some of it is drudge work, such as pre-release publicity interactions. Dugal has given deep interviews about the art of performance as well as participated in...
