Mumbai: Actress Rasika Dugal, who essays Safia Manto in Nandita Das’ directorial “Manto”, needed no make-up or prosthetics for her portrayal.
“Manto” is based on the life of late writer Saadat Hasan Manto. Safia was his wife. “Srikant and his team did a fabulous job of designing the look of the characters. On most days I shot with no make-up. The team just found ways to tweak small things to show a change in the look over the years, since the story of the film is over six years and Manto and Safia go through a lot in those years,” Rasika said in a statement.
“They are the tiniest of changes, but in my opinion, make a strong impact and affect the look of the character. And also really helped enhance the performance. We really didn’t use any make-up or prosthetics. But the smallest of details were looked into by Nandita,” she added.
