Rani draws inspiration with ‘Mrs Chatterjee Vs Norway’

Rani Mukerji believes she drew inspiration from her mother for her upcoming film ‘Mrs Chatterjee Vs Norway’. The film, directed by Ashima Chibber, is a story about a journey of a mother’s battle against an entire country.

According to the Times of India, the film is based on a true story of NRI couple Sagarika Bhattacharya and Anurup Bhattacharya that rocked children and human rights at an international level.

Rani said while she has not yet met Sagarika, her interpretation of the character is based on her mother Krishna Mukherjee.

“As an actor, I wanted to being my interpretation to the character. I didn’t want too much of baggage and have people find similarities between my role and the real person.

“Ashima had many tapes recorded of Sagarika, and I saw those for some references, but the rest of the character is actually based on my mum. She’s the most Bengali person I know... Be it feeding us with her hands, putting a tikka on us... I drew strength and inspiration from my mother,” Rani said at a promotional event of the movie on Friday.

Rani said Nikkhil approached him with a one-line script and didn’t give her a chance to say “no”.

‘Mrs Chatterjee Vs Norway’ is scheduled to be released in theatres on March 17.