Politics plays a major role in our lives. What you wear, where you go, whom you meet... all these are determined by certain politics.'

Talking about the current situation of Bengali cinema, he said: 'There are good commercial and art films from Bengal now. Filmmakers like Rituparna Ghosh, Gautam Ghosh, Aparna Sen and Buddhadev Dasgupta are coming with good films. Bengali art films like 'Kalpurush' and 'Anuranan' are getting critical acclaim.'

The actor says he is open to act in any language movie.

'That is just a matter of good script. If good scripts, directors and film crew are there I am ready to act in any language films, whether it is Tamil or Italian.'