Be it playing a simple married South Indian woman in Mr and Mrs Iyer, a scissor tongued village woman in Vishal Bhardwaj's Omkara, a society reporter in Madhur Bhandarker’s Page 3 or a chudail in Ekta Kapoor’s Ek Thi Dayaan, no matter how big or small her role is, Konkona Sen Sharma has always created lasting impressions.
After having worked with many directors of repute, Sen now wishes to work with Raj Kumar Hirani. “Fortunately, I’ve done a mixed bag of films in Hindi and Bengali cinema and I got to work with many great actors and directors. But Raj Kumar Hirani is one person I would love to work with next,” Sen who was in the Capital recently for a coffee-making session at the Coffee Day Square outlet, says.
Post the success of Ek Thi Dayan, Sen is busy shifting to her new home in Kolkata and taking care of her two-and-a-half year-old son Haroon. “He is my world. My work schedules are decided according to his convenience. Whenever I’ve to go for work, I make him understand ‘mumma has to work’. He doesn’t understand what work I’m talking about. So I have to tell him that I’ve to go for camera shoot. Haroon is immediately excited: ‘camena… camena…’ he squeals,” she tells you in a gush of young motherhood.
Needless to say, motherhood is the best thing that has happened to her. But the pleasure of being a mother, has also brought along with it great sense of responsibility.
“I am blessed and grateful to have a beautiful and healthy child. Motherhood has been a complete game changer for me. Initially, it was very difficult to manage everything but later on, everything got sorted out,” she tells you.
Traveling from one place to another with her son and his nanny has been the most tiring task. “Before Haroon, I used to travel like an observer, watching everybody, shopping a bit at the airport and reading a book in the flight. I used to carry one handbag and a book. But now, whenever I travel with my son, I have a diaper bag in one hand and Haroon in another. I also have to make sure to carry extra clothes for my baby and me,” the actress adds.
But how does she like her coffeeIJ “I’m very particular about my coffee and I like it strong. I developed a taste for coffee since I was 15 years old. A lot of stories have happened over a cup of coffee — mostly secrets or girly talks with my close friends, a discussion on the script with the directors and producers, or just to freshen up my mind — a coffee has always been my faithful companion,” Koko says.