Shivaanii Rai Opens Up On Her Role And Working Experience With Vivek Oberoi And Rohit Bose In Verses Of War

Actress
Shivaanii
Rai
who
was
previously
seen
in
short
film

The
Wallet
starring
Naseeruddin
Shah
and
film
Friday
is
now
seen
in
recently
released
short
film

Verses
of
War
starring
Vivek
Oberoi
and
Rohit
Bose.
Helmed
by
director
Prasad
Kadam,
Shivaanii
is
playing
an
Army
Officer’s
wife
in
the
short
film
which
released
on
Republic
Day.

Talking
about
the
short
film
she
says,
“This
story
is
about
two
soldiers
from
neighbouring
countries
cross
border
in
a
conflicting
zone.
When
an
Indian
Army
officers
during
an
operation
get
caught
in
Pakistan
and
the
Pakistani
officer
finds
a
diary
with
poems
and
versus.
Then
how
the
two
gradually
create
a
unique
relationship
after
discovering
their
shared
love
of
poetry
and
shayari.
We
get
to
see
a
human
and
artistic
side
of
two
officers
apart
from
war
which
bonds
them.
After
all
this,
the
Pakistani
officer
lands
up
meeting
his
wife
in
India.
So
what
brings
him
in
India
is
very
interesting
to
watch.”

Sharing
about
how
she
landed
into
the
role
she
states,
“I
received
the
story
3
years
back
and
when
I
read,
I
thought
that
a
film
should
be
made
on
this.
When
I
submitted
the
story
to
Vikas
Gutgutia
from
FNP,
he
really
loved
it.
I
approached
ad
filmmaker
Kapil
Mishra
for
screenplay
writing
as
I
had
full
faith
in
his
work
that
he
will
do
justice
to
the
story.
When
the
script
was
finally
approved
by
producers,
Rohit
and
Vivek
Oberoi
loved
the
story
and
they
agreed
to
come
on
board.
This
made
the
entire
project
very
huge
and
took
it
to
another
level
which
we
never
imagined.”

Giving
insight
into
her
character
she
adds,
“I
play
the
role
of
a
wife
of
an
Indian
Army
officer
essayed
by
Vivek
Oberoi.
It
wasn’t
very
challenging
on
playing
the
part
because
I
come
from
Army
background.
It’s
like
my
day
to
day
living.
When
I
was
widow
in
the
film,
I
feel
as
a
human
it’s
very
natural
and
obvious
for
us
to
react
in
that
particular
way
because
losing
someone
is
something
we
all
experience
in
our
lives.
But
the
challenge
was
to
match
up
with
Rohit
and
Vivek
because
both
of
them
are
amazing
actors.
Also
without
wasting
any
time,
I
wanted
to
portray
it
flawlessly
because
we
had
time
limit.
So
I
practiced
a
lot
off
camera
and
my
coactors
really
supported
me.”

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Oberoi
And
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Of
War
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Of
War
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Lastly,
sharing
her
working
experience
for
the
film
she
says,
“Initially,
when
we
did
the
reading
session
I
was
extremely
nervous,
both
my
coactors
Rohit
and
Vivek
were
concerned
about
me
if
I’ll
be
able
to
pull
this
off.
But
when
I
reached
the
set
and
did
my
first
scene
with
Rohit,
it
happened
in
1
take.
He
was
very
happy
with
it
and
I
felt
amazing.
My
director
is
an
amazing
human
being
who
gives
complete
space
to
his
actors
and
a
very
keen
observer.”

She
has
few
projects
in
pipeline
which
will
be
announced
soon.