Banita Sandhu: Shoojit Sircar gives a lot of lectures and I listen to some of them - Times of India

Ever since it released online, critical acclamation has been pouring in for Shoojit Sircar's ‘Sardar Uddham’.

With Vicky and Shoojit sir, I knew it was going to be a good movie, but they have just taken the film to another level.

When Shoojit sir told me that I would be playing a deaf-and-mute character, the first thing I had to do was learn the Indian Sign Language (ISL).

The film was set 100 years ago in Amritsar in Punjab, so I had to localise it to make it look authentic to the region.

What keeps you coming back to working with Shoojit?

It’s Shoojit Sircar, how do you say no to him!

I always know that we are going to make a great film together; that's a no-brainer?

How much did you know about Udham Singh's life before the film.

I remember when we were shooting for ‘October’ and Shoojit sir said he would make a biopic of Udham Singh.

Just before the film released, I told my dadi that it was releasing and she got all excited because she knows who he was!

It’s so great to re-tell the story that is so important to my grandparents’ lives and let the people from different countries know this is what happened in ours; we have to acknowledge it.

As a Punjabi culturally, I can't put into words and express how proud I am to be a part of this film.

I have one film coming out; it's on the life of Mother Teresa; it's called ‘Kavita & Teresa’.