Priyanka Bose opens up about bagging Jugnuma and limited opportunities after 40

Updated On: 06 September, 2025 08:27 AM IST | Mumbai | Priyanka Sharma

Priyanka Bose shares her excitement about getting a film like Jugnuma and working with Manoj Bajpayee. She also questions the industry’s norm of limiting a heroine’s career after she turns 40

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A still from ‘Jugnuma’

Priyanka Bose’s wish is the universe’s command. After watching Thithi (2016), the actor desired to collaborate with National Award-winning director Raam Reddy. Years later, Reddy sent the script of Jugnuma over to Bose, saying that he had imagined her in the role of Nandini.

“I read the script in the hill station of Panchgani, when we had gone to drop my daughter to a Lonavala hostel. Raam had written the script like a book. It made me travel through the world he had created and spoke to me. Good work is hard to come by for an artiste like me. So, when something of such a crafted nature comes, I’ll be foolish to say no,” she says.

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