Did you know Rituparno Ghosh once called Celina Jaitly to cast in his film?

Celina Jaitly has made her comeback in Ram Kamal Mukherjee’s short film ‘Season’s Greetings: A Tribute To Rituparno Ghosh’. Recently, during a chat the actress revealed though she regrets missing out on a chance to work Rituparno, acting in this tribute short film is something special for her.
When asked how the chance of working with Rituparno came, Celina said: “Once, Rituda called me and wanted to cast me in a project.He did not know I was pregnant with my first set of twins at that time, and it didn’t work out. I spoke to him last when his father passed away. It was an intimate conversation. Little did I know he will be leaving for his heavenly abode soon. His last words to me were that I must have the babies safely and that he would like me to stay at the Tolly club whenever we went ahead with a project after the delivery.”
She added the iconic filmmaker calling her for a project was beyond her dreams. “I had admired him so much that I couldn’t believe my ears. Unfortunately, things were not meant to be, until Ram (Kamal Mukherjee) came along with this project. I had goosebumps… it’s as if things were working from the beyond. I hope Rituda will be happy and satisfied with our subtle tribute. I always pray that he has finally found the acceptance and place of no judgement,” revealed the Bollywood actress.
Celina adds on the 1997 release ‘Dahan’ is one of her favourite films of Rituparno Ghosh.