Sameera Reddy says she connected with the late Smita Patil's spirit while playing a rustic Dalit woman in Nagesh Kukunoor's Yeh Hausla, walking bare feet in the mud in ghagra-choli with peacocks accompanying her. The actress says she finds the comparison with Smita "uncanny".Sameera, who has featured in films like Musafir and Taxi No. 911, is satisfied with the experience.
The Kukunoor film came Sameera's way almost by default. Kukunoor had heard Dasgupta comparing Sameera to Smita Patil after working with her in two films - Kaalpurush and Ami, Yasin Ar Amar Madhubala.
When he offered her the role, John Abraham told Sameera to grab it with both hands.
When the release of Kukunoor's Aashayein featuring John got delayed, the director didn't waste time. Off he went to Jodhpur for a start-to-finish one stretch shooting of Yeh Hausla.
