Sakshi Tanwar earns praise for her films

Television actor Sakshi Tanwar’s (left) O Re Manwa and Bawra Mann were part of Film Mart section at the ongoing 13th Mumbai Film Festival. She plays the other woman and a bored wife looking for a relationship out of marriage in the two short films respectively, and says she enjoyed attempting something she never did earlier.

Television actor Sakshi Tanwar’s (left) O Re Manwa and Bawra Mann were part of Film Mart section at the ongoing 13th Mumbai Film Festival. She plays the other woman and a bored wife looking for a relationship out of marriage in the two short films respectively, and says she enjoyed attempting something she never did earlier.

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O Re Manwa won the best international narrative short at New York International Film Festival in 2009 while Bawara Mann was an official selection at La Femme International Film Festival. Mitu directed both movies.

“I played the other woman in O Re Manwa. It was from the point of view of the other woman and it was treated with dignity, which otherwise you don’to see because the other woman is always seen with contempt,” Sakshi said, adding, “In Bawara Mann, I play two characters in one shot — a writer, played by Nishikant Kamat. I personify his thinking and I also play a bored wife whose hubby has no time for her.”