Bollywood actress Raima Sen, who is busy promoting her next film The Vaccine War directed by Vivek Agnihotri, will be seen playing the character of a journalist who is against the vaccination drive in India.
In an interview with Bollywood Life, Raima talked about nepotism and said she doesn’t believe in it. She said, “I don't believe in this nepotism debate, and only the fittest will survive, no matter who's daughter or son you are; if you are talented, you will get through it, and there is no such thing as if you will be so and so, daughter or son, you will become a star.”
Recently, Vivek Agnihotri shared a video in which renowned author and philanthropist Sudha Murty in which she can be seen phrasing the film.Sharing the video, the filmmaker wrote, “Thank you @SmtSudhaMurty ji for your inspiring words at the screening of #TheVaccineWar #ATrueStory.” In the clip, she can be heard saying, “I understand the role of a woman because she is a mother, she is a wife, and she is also a career person. It is very hard to balance your family and your work. But some people are fortunate. In my case, my parents stayed upstairs, and I stayed downstairs, which is why I could do better.”
She added, “It is not easy for a woman to pursue her career with children. She requires good family support. I always say, ‘Behind every successful woman, there is an understanding man, otherwise she cannot do it.”
Touted as 'A True Story', The Vaccine War is based on Dr Balram Bhargava's book, Going Viral: The Making of Covaxin. In the film, Nana Patekar plays the role of Dr Balram (Former Director General of the Indian Council of Medical Research). Pallavi revealed how they discovered the source material. "During the second wave (of Covid), many people lost lives, and it was a very bleak period. After the second wave, we got to know about the book of Dr Balram Bharagava, and it narrated the entire journey of how they developed the vaccine to fight Coronavirus. When Vivek read it, he came to me and said, 'This is amazing, you don't know what these scientists have done'."
