Mumbai: Bengali actress Paoli Dam, who plays a lawyer in Vikram Bhatt's production 'Ankur Arora Murder Case', says her character in the film is close to life and she enjoyed playing it.
Written by Bhatt and directed by Suhail Tatari, 'Ankur Arora Murder Case', a medical thriller, is said to be based on a real-life incident where a boy dies on the operation table due to medical negligence.
"It's (character in the film) something very real and close to life and it's a de-glamourised role. It's something that I really enjoyed playing," the actress, who began her big screen journey with Bengali movie 'Kaalbela', said here in an interview.
Her first Hindi movie was "Hate Story" and she insists that 'Ankur Arora Murder Case' is a "very different film and different character from what I did in 'Hate Story'"....
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