Rutuja Bagwe to play Indu Kotwal

Actor Rutuja Bagwe to make her film debut in a biopic, where she will be seen as social reformer Veer Bhai Kotwal’s wife

In her second tryst with non-fictional characters, actor Rutuja Bagwe will be seen in Shahid Bhai Kotwal, a biopic on social reformer Veer Bhai Kotwal. Rutuja will be seen as Indutai, wife of Vitthal alias Bhai Kotwal. Earlier, the actor had played Rakhma in a television show Tu Majha Sangati, based on the life of Saint Tukaram.

Rutuja Bagwe as Indutai Kotwal in Shahid Bhai Kotwal (HTPHOTO)

On portraying non-fictional and real characters, Rutuja says, “You have to get everything right while portrayal an actual character on screen. Simply because, the audiences have a reference and comparison point. You have to become the character. It is challenging but I worked in tandem with Eknath sir (Desale, director) and took his guidance throughout.”

Sharing details, Rutuja says that her character goes through a graph of four different stages in the life of Indutai. It starts with her being a young girl, then as a new bride to Kotwal, followed by the time he goes on his freedom fighting journey, to when he leaves home forever. “The role demanded me to look different at every stage, so I play a coy bride, to a romantic wife, a loving mother and then a heartbroken and lonely wife. I have four-five scenes in the film, but enacting them were challenging,” she says.

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