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Shibpur: 'Struggle and humiliation turned me into a rebel,' says Swastika Mukherjee on reel meeting the real

Indian actress Swastika Mukherjee plays a woman who turns into a gang lady in her upcoming Bengali film 'Shibpur', which is directed by Arindam Bhattacharya. The film, which portrays the underworld of 1980s Shibpur area of Howrah, was also embroiled in a controversy after Swastika brought "sexual harassment" allegations against a co-producer. IBNS correspondent Souvik Ghosh catches up with Swastika, who is immensely busy with her work in Mumbai, ahead of the film's June 30 release

by Trans World Features June 26, 2023