News from Kolkata has it that Riya Sen will play a character inspired by Sheena Bora in a Bengali film based on her murder that already has Rituparna Sengupta as the Indrani Mukerjea figure. Director Agnidev Chatterjee confirms that when he decided to make a film inspired by the Sheena Bora murder case, Riya was his first choice for the role of Sheena.

Riya, who was travelling to London and then Washington when we got in touch, said, “Agnidev is a sensible filmmaker. I'm sure a topic such as this will make for great viewing material. Sheena's character comes across as grey, and it will be a challenge for me. The film is special as I'll be working with Rituparna. My dad had told me that if ever there was a movie on the case, I should play Sheena. So, it's like a dream and my parents are thrilled to bits.“

Agnidev added, “We're considering Dhritiman Chatterjee for the character inspired by Peter Mukerjea and Rajesh Sharma for the driver's role. While Shataf Figar will be playing the role based on Sanjeev Khanna, Sabyasachi Chakrabarty will slip into the top police officer's shoes. Others we're looking at for supporting roles include Biswajit Chakraborty, Sreela Majumdar, Biplab Chatterjee, Tota Roy Choudhury and Kaushik Sen.“ Both Tota and Kaushik confirmed that they had been approached but were yet to sign up.

The film, which will go on the floors on September 27, will be shot in Kolkata, Mumbai and Guwahati.