Nandita Das has played several hard-hitting roles on screeneffortlessly, roles that have left an indelible impact on our minds. Now, the award-winning actor will be seen essaying a French woman, Anne-Marie Stretter, in Gates to India Song, a new play that is being staged as part of the Bonjour India Festival.

Director Eric Vigner studies the script of Gates to India Song against a life-size portrait of writer Marguerite Duras, on whose works the play is based