Mumbai :Actress Konkona Sen Sharma is excited to get the opportunity to portray the role of Kadambari Devi, the sister-in-law of Rabindranath Tagore and an inspiration behind many of his works.
Kadambari Devi, 13 years younger to her playwright husband Jyotirindranath, came to the Tagore household in July 1868, and committed suicide on April 19, 1884, about four months after Rabindranaths marriage.She was slightly older than the poet.
“Kadambari Devi, her space in the poets life, her equations with other women in the Tagore household as well as husband Jyotirindranath Tagore, will always make her as one of the most intriguing characters in Bengali literary history,” Konkona says.
Essaying this character will remain one of the most fascinating experiences, she told sources at the set of the period flick on the life of Kadambari Devi, directed by Suman Ghosh.
