Mumbai: Actress Raakhee Gulzar spent weeks learning how to play the sitar from the maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar himself. It was for her role of the unfulfilled housewife in Aparna Sen's Paroma.

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Actor Raakhee Gulzar spent weeks learning how to play the sitar from the maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar. It was for her role of the unfulfilled housewife in the Bengali film Paroma (1984), directed by ...

Believe it or not, Rakhee Gulzar spent weeks learning how to play the Sitar from the maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar himself. It was for her role of the unfulfilled housewife in Aparna Sen's Paroma.

Actress Raakhee Gulzar spent weeks learning how to play the sitar from the maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar himself. It was for her role of the unfulfilled housewife in Aparna Sen’s Paroma. Recalling the ...

Believe it or not, Raakhee Gulzar spent weeks learning how to play the Sitar from the maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar himself. Neither Aparna nor I wanted to fake it. Pandit Ravi Shankar was requested to ...